Henry "Shorty" Mitchell

Henry "Shorty" Mitchell, 75, of 1029 S.C. 72 West, widower of Maeline Graham Mitchell, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood.

Born in Iva, he was a son of the late Manning and Annie Belle Poole Mitchell. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean conflict. He was a retired employee of Rocky River Mills.

Surviving are daughters, Sue Mitchell of the home, Ann Pressley of Abbeville, Sheryl Fleming of Donalds, Judy Powell and Dianne Todd, both of Tignal, Ga.; son, Tony Major of Abbeville; sister, Shirley Turner of Abbeville; and 14 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Ernest and J.T. Mitchell.

Services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday at The Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home by the Rev. Jimmy Alewine; burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Abbeville. The body is at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday.

The family is at the home of his daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Pressley, 125 Moore St., Abbeville.

Memorials may be made to the Elizabeth Mitchell Scholarship Fund at Due West Retirement Center, P.O. Box 307, Due West, S.C. 29639 or to Shriner's Hospital for Burned and Crippled Children, 950 Faris Road, Greenville, S.C. 29605.