Obituary of Paul Mitchell

Paul Linwood Mitchell, 76 of Huddleston, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2011. He was born on Sunday, March 17, 1935 in Bedford County, a son of the late Samuel Edwin Mitchell and Ruby Krantz Mitchell Nichols. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Edwin Mitchell. Retiring in 1999 after forty-five years of operating Chestnut Hill Hardware, Paul enjoyed his retirement by playing golf and working at the London Downs Golf Course. He was a lifelong member of Mentow Baptist Church where he served as a Sunday school director, deacon and served on various other committees. Paul was also a charter member of the Huddleston Volunteer Fire Dept with fifty-two years service as well as a charter member of the Huddleston Lifesaving Crew with forty-two years service. Surviving is his wife of fifty-seven years, Ellen Nichols Mitchell; a daughter, Debbie Mitchell Rhodes & her husband, H. Paul Rhodes, M.D. of Bedford; two granddaughters, Tara Lineberry Troutman and her husband, Jeremia of Boise, ID and Brooke Ellen Lineberry of Greensboro, NC; two sisters-in-law, Barbara Mitchell, and Hertha Nichols; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family requests those wishing to make memorials to consider the Huddleston Volunteer Fire Dept., c/o R.B. Hancock, 3040 Smith Mountain Lake Parkway, Huddleston, VA 24104; Huddleston Lifesaving Crew, P.O. Box 77, Huddleston, VA 24104 or the Mentow Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 3282 Mentow Drive, Huddleston, VA 24104. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 1:00 PM at Mentow Baptist Church with Rev. Greg Soult and Rev. Wayne Murphy officiating. The family will receive friends Monday from 1 until 3 and 6 until 8 PM at Updike Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Huddleston.