Lt. Colonel Samuel Benjamin MITCHELL, Jr.

1913 - 2003  (89 years)

• Name	Samuel Benjamin MITCHELL  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Lt. Colonel
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	5 Nov 1913	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [1, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Education	graduate of the Sumter Boys School and Wofford College  [1]
  HIST	For years, Mitchell’s Drug Store was one of three pharmacies located at the corner of Main and Hampton Streets. Of the three, only Alderman Drug Co. remains open; Mr. Mitchell closed shop in 1966 and went to work for Lawson’s, the other of the three drug stores, which eventually closed as well.  [6]
  MILI	U. S. Army-Air Corps veteran, serving in the Pacific Theatre in World War II, and he also was a retired lieutenant colonel with the U. S. Air Force Reserve.  [1]
  Occupation	Pharmacist; former owner and operator of Mitchell’s Drug Store  [1]
  Religion	member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where he was an honorary stewart of the administrative board  [1, 7]
  _UID	C8A166A8572C4175863CE36340C80F58278D
  Death	26 Jan 2003	Sterling Home, Sumter, South Carolina
  Burial	29 Jan 2003	Sumter Cemetery, 700 W. Oakland Avenue, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [1]
  Person ID	I62878	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2011

  
  

  Father	Samuel Benjamin MITCHELL, Sr.,   b. 28 Nov 1878, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 11 Jan 1958, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Julia Nevarda KENNEDY,   b. 5 Oct 1884   d. 22 Sep 1966 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	28 Jun 1904	Sumter County, South Carolina   [5]
  _UID	1C8A8EE168B14277B7EA19F9A5C08847CE01
  _UID	1C8A8EE168B14277B7EA19F9A5C08847CE01
  Family ID	F44253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ella MYERS,   b. 1913, Hagood, South Carolina d. 16 Nov 2007, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1940	Hagood, Sumter County, South Carolina   [7]
  _UID	9A885B6C266F4BE081E5A4A16B61B004D4E4
  _UID	9A885B6C266F4BE081E5A4A16B61B004D4E4
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F44255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2001

  
  

• Notes

  He was active in the United Methodist Hartsville District Conference, the South Carolina United Methodist Conference, the Jurisdictional Conference and the World Methodist Council. He was a member of the McLeod-Wesley Sunday School Class. He was a member of the Retired Officers Association, the American Legion Post No. 15. He was a lifetime honorary member of the Salvation Army Advisory Board. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2096] Samuel B. Mitchell Jr. [S3365] Eulena Mabry. [S9650] Mary Ella M. Mitchell. [S16751] Sarah Dickinson. [S773] page 6. [S2097] Sam Mitchell 1913-2003 Former pharmacist rememberted for generosity, faith. [S773] page 10.