Lillian Betty MITCHELL

Flatwoods Cemetery
Stone County, Arkansas

November 2, 1924 - January 3, 2016

*Obituary

Lillian Betty (Peebler) Mitchell, known to her friends and family as Betty – and to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren (and many others in the community) as “Granny Goose”, passed from this life on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Stone County Medical Center at the age of 91.

Born November 2, 1924 in Glendale, California, to parents Byron and Ethel Peebler she married Stone County native Alvy Mitchell who had gone to California to find work. Her parents had run a laundry in Indio for several years and Betty and Alvy opened a laundry business in their home shortly after becoming married. They moved back to Stone County in the mid-1960s. She gave birth to four children – Steve, Nancy, Joyce and Cathy. After her divorce from Alvy in 1982, she began accumulating rental property in and around Mountain View. At one time or other, probably most everyone in town has rented a house or storage unit from her.

Betty was well known in the community and was referred to by many as the “hardest working woman I’ve ever seen”. Until her recent illness took its toll on her health, she could be seen around town mowing the lawn at one of her properties or climbing onto the roof of one of her houses to make needed repairs. It seemed that there was nothing that she couldn’t do, or at least attempt, all through her 80s and was very active even into her 90s. She refused to retire, stating that she would when she got old enough. Her motto was, “Don’t worry, be happy” and for many years the personalized tag on her vehicle read “RUHAPPY”. She often encouraged her family to “keep smiling”.

She leaves behind a loving family of four children, Steve Mitchell, Nancy Decker and husband Hinkle, Joyce Wait and husband Jim, and Cathy McCarn and husband Jim. She had 14 grand-children and 33 great-grandchildren. Her long-time assistant Jerry Partee had helped her with the repair and maintenance of many houses through the years and was like a member of the family. She was preceded in death by her parents Byron and Ethel Peebler, grand-daughter Tracy Cheyanne (Mitchell) LaValle, sisters Helen, Lena, Frances and Melba and brothers Gerald and Ned Peebler.

Visitation will be at Roller - Crouch Funeral Home on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 from 11:00 AM to 1:00PM and graveside services will follow at Flatwoods Cemetery at 2:00PM.

Contributed on 2/18/17 by sandhollow
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Additional MITCHELL Surnames in FLATWOODS Cemetery

MITCHELL, Mary Ann MITCHELL, Lillian Betty PEEBLER MITCHELL, Lillian Betty (obit)

Additional MITCHELL Surnames in STONE County

MITCHELL, Elizabeth MITCHELL, Charline MITCHELL, Mabel Mae MITCHELL, D A, Rev MITCHELL, Doris Angela MITCHELL, Alta V MITCHELL, Calvin Hicks MITCHELL, Daisy Agnes MITCHELL, W B MITCHELL, Isaac MITCHELL, Elsie MITCHELL, Gus MITCHELL, Elsie M MITCHELL, Jack Starford MITCHELL, Albert G MITCHELL, Ruby MITCHELL, Ernest Clyde MITCHELL, Leonard H MITCHELL, Henry S MITCHELL, Ovel G MITCHELL, Audrey MITCHELL, Floyd MITCHELL, Verlie M MITCHELL, Ed (Overview)MITCHELL, Beatrice (Overview)MITCHELL, Forrest MITCHELL, Verga MITCHELL, Teri L MITCHELL, O D MITCHELL, Charles E MITCHELL, Elizabeth P MITCHELL, Orgil Ray MITCHELL, William Gus MITCHELL, H S MITCHELL, Eva Mae MITCHELL, Harold J MITCHELL, Mary E MITCHELL, Ira Lynn MITCHELL, Walter MITCHELL, Doris M MITCHELL, Doris Lucy MITCHELL, Claudis Steve MITCHELL, John J MITCHELL, Fern MITCHELL, Jake MITCHELL, Beulah MITCHELL, Nellie Lee MITCHELL, Thomas Oliver (obit)MITCHELL, Hale MITCHELL, Bobby MITCHELL, Edith J.MITCHELL, Steve E.

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Submitted: 2/18/17 • Approved: 10/29/20 • Last Updated: 11/1/20 • R1176509-G1176509-S3

Lillian Betty MITCHELL

Flatwoods Cemetery Stone County, Arkansas

Additional MITCHELL Surnames in FLATWOODS Cemetery

Additional MITCHELL Surnames in STONE County

Flatwoods Cemetery
Stone County, Arkansas