Mrs. Mitchell, 99, Local Resident Dies: Taylorville Dec. 28, 1978

Mrs. Maggie MITCHELL, 99, a resident of Johnson Nursing Home, West Sspresser Street, died at 9:20 Wednesday night in St. Vincent Memorial Hospital where she was hospitalized for 14 days.

She was born August 21, 1879, at Waltonville, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Newell.

The last of her family, the only survivors are a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lorraine Carmichael of Taylorville; 15 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon at Davis Memorial Home of Edinburg with Rev. Sam Barger of Decatur, officiating and burial will follow in the Edinburg Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 until 9 o’clock Friday afternoon, evening and night, in the funeral home.

Note:
Maggie was the wife of Hiram Carmichael. They were married in 1898 and divorced sometime between 1910 and 1914.