Kenneth Carol Mitchell

August 25, 1926 - May 5, 2016

Kenneth Carol Mitchell was born August 25, 1926 to Thomas Andrew and Myrtle Mitchell.  He grew up in Henleyfield, Mississippi the oldest of five children.  He always had a sense of humor and loved to argue.  Growing up during the depression in Mississippi was financially difficult and Kenneth worked odd jobs to help out, hauling stumps, and briefly for a government surveyor. In March of 1945 Kenneth graduated from McNeill High School and just three weeks later was drafted into the Army.  On October 9, 1945 he was shipped to Japan.  The story he later told his children was that when the Japanese heard he was coming, they surrendered.  He served in Japan as a clerk at Headquarters Eighth Army and he was Honorably discharged in November 1946.

After his Army discharge he enrolled in Pearl River Jr. College and attended for a year before work opportunities lured him to the Great State of Texas.  He met and married his beautiful bride Jerry Sanderson in December 1950.  Four years and two children later Kenneth and family moved into the home he built himself, with help from friends and family.  Mitchell, as he was called by his wife, family and friends, was a loving husband, proud father, silly grandfather and amazed great grandfather.

He was a member of the Nederland Masonic Lodge for over 60 years during which he served as Master, Secretary, and District Deputy and enjoyed the fellowship and friends made during that time.

Kenneth, after several years of health problems went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 5, 2016 three months after his wife passed, Geraldine “Jerry” Mitchell.  He is survived by his daughter, Linda and husband, Larry Treme; son, Ricky Mitchell and wife, Cindy; grandchildren, Tim & Crystal Treme, Tad & Haley Treme, Jamie & Ryan Matuska, Lindsey & Will Scott, Clint & Holly Mitchell and thirteen great grand children, Keller and Emerson Treme, Tyler, Hadlee and Tanner Treme, Beck, Sloane and Liv Matuska, Kate and Bell Scott, and Jett, Jax, and Drake Mitchell. Kenneth is also survived by his brothers, Riley Carthell Mitchell and wife, Wanda, Pete Mitchell and wife, Earle; sisters, Phyllis Wise, Nancy Williams.

Visitation will be held on Monday, May 9, 2016 from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Nederland. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, May 9, 2016 in the Sanctuary of First Baptist Church in Nederland, with Rev. Jason Burden officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park under the direction of Clayton Thompson Funeral Home.