Aug. 15, 1932 – Sept. 6, 2005
The Reverend Louis William Mitchell was born in Dumas, Arkansas on August 15, 1932. He was one of 13 children born to the Reverend Walter and Emma Lee Mitchell. His parents, brother Roosevelt and sister Margaret and Mattie stand ready to welcome him home.
The Reverend Mitchell was converted at a very early age. He was educated in the Dumas Public School System, Dumas, Arkansas. Upon graduation, the Reverend Mitchell joined the United States Army where he served in the Korean War. After an honorable discharge, the Reverend Mitchell attended the Bishop Williams Bible College in Kansas City, Kansas. He was later ordained as an Itinerate Elder under the leadership of Bishop Primm, serving as Pastor of Churches within the Kansas-Nebraska Conference and Northwest Missouri conference.
On March 15, 1970, the Reverend Louis Mitchell and Vera D. Johnson were united in holy matrimony. He and Vera became an anointed team marching up the king’s highway – pastoring six churches in the Missouri Conference over a 30-year span. The churches the Reverend Mitchell pastored are Bethel AME Church, Sikeston; Bethel AME Church, Caruthersville; Perry Chapel AME Church, Charleston; St. John AME Church, St. Charles; Grant Chapel AME Church, Wentzville; and Bethel AME Church, Paynesville. The Reverend Mitchell joined the Bethel AME Church in Wellston, Missouri under the leadership of Dr. Samuel Bradford.
The Reverend Mitchell’s favorite scripture was the 27th Psalm.
He departed this life for his eternal life on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at Christian Northeast Hospital.
Servant of God, “Well Done.”