Ella Rivers Mitchell

Other Events:

• Religion: United Pentecostal Church, Richlands
• Census 1930: 1930, Berwind, McDowell, West Virginia, USA
• Newspaper: 3 January 1936, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA; Patients admitted to the Stevens Clinic: Mrs. Byrd Burress, Canebrake
• Census 1940 : 1940, Big Creek District, McDowell, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

2 ADDR Ella Rivers Mitchell
Rt. 1
Cedar Bluff
3 ADR1 Rt. 1
3 CITY Cedar Bluff
Clinch Valley News, 21 October 1970
Mrs. Ella Rivers Mitchell Burress, 61, wife of Byrd P. Burress, of Rt. 1, Cedar Bluff, died Saturday, Oct. 17, in a Richlands hospital following a long illness. Born in North Tazewell, she was a daughter of the late Zack and Hannah Sparks Mitchell. She was a life long resident of Tazewell County and had lived in the Baptist Valley section of Cedar Bluff for the past 14 years. She was a member of the United Pentecostal Church in Richlands. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alvin (Betty) Holmes of Richlands and Mrs. Joe (Margaret) Addison of Rt. 1, Cedar Bluff; one son, Chief Warrant officer Raymond A. Burress, stationed with the U.S. Navy in Chestertown, Md.; one sister, Mrs. Leslie Sparks of Rt. 1, North Tazewell; five brothers, Henry Mitchell of Edgewood, Md., Hobert Mitchell of Churchville Md., Fielden Mitchell of Airville, Pa., Thomas Mitchell of Council, Va. and Cecil Mitchell of Drill, Va., and one granddaughter and five grandsons. Funeral services were conducted Monday at the Untied Pentecostal church with the Rev. John R. Gooslin and Rev. George Durham officiating. Burial followed in Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill. Pallbearers were: Harold, Darrel, Don, Joe, Bobby, and Junior Mitchell. Hurst Scott Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.1 _TITLE Obituary

Birth:
Virginia

Died:
Burial - Greenhills Memory Garden, Claypool Hill, Tazewell County, Virginia

Ella married Byrd Patton Burress on 23 Jul 1927 in Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia. Byrd (son of Raleigh "Raul" Hamilton Burress and Cana Mae "Cannie" Combs) was born on 11 Jul 1905 in Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 11 Jun 1971 in Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Raymond Alfred Burress was born on 29 Apr 1928 in Berwind, McDowell, West Virginia, USA; died on 09 Jul 2009 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Tazewell County, Virginia.
2. Living
3. Margaret Ella Burress was born on 18 Jan 1935 in West Virginia, United States; died on 04 May 1990 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA.
4. Constance Joan Burress died on 05 Jul 1936 in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Hartwell Cemetery, McDowell County, West Virginia.
5. Hannah Mae Burress was born on 29 Apr 1928 in Berwind, McDowell, West Virginia, USA; died on 18 Aug 1928 in Berwind, McDowell, West Virginia, USA.

Zachariah married Hannah Jane Sparks. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]