Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameJames Melvin Mitchell
Birth30 Nov 1937, Upright, Essex County, Virginia
Death21 Feb 2010, Caret, Essex County, Virginia
Burial25 Feb 2010, Upper Essex Baptist Church Cemetery, Essex County, Virginia
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
FatherJoseph Ryland Mitchell (1903-1982)
MotherAlma Gray Durham (1910-1999)
Documentation
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James Melvin Mitchell was married to Mary Maree Davis on 4 July 1958 in Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia, by Water B. Barger, Baptist minister. He was 20, white, single, occupation installer for Western Electric, born at Upright, Essex County, son of Joseph Ryland Mitchell and Alma Gray Durham, residing in Upright. She was 20, white, single, occupation clerk-typist for Union Life Insurance Company, born in Warsaw, Richmond County, daughter of Bernard Sydnor Davis and Elise Pauline Hall, residing in Warsaw. [Commonweath of Virginia, Certificate of Marriage 16601.]

Upright News
Mrs. Pearl Kopp of Baltimore, spent the week end in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ryland Davis.
Mrs. Ryland Mitchell, Mrs. James M. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Allen and family called in the same home over the week end.
….
Mr. and Mrs. James Melvin Mitchell of Baltimore, Md. visited their parents over the week end.
[The Rappahannock Times, 5 May 1966, page 4.]

James Melvin Mitchell married Audrey Belle Allen on 16 April 1966 in Essex County, Virginia, by the Rev. John T. Lennon, baptist minister. He was 28, divorced with one previous marriage, born in Essex County, living in Upright, a lead file clerk with the C&O and B&O Railroad. She was 26, single, born in Essex County and living in Champlain. The parents were Joseph Ryland Mitchell and Alma Grey Durham, and John Thomas Allen and Pearl Belle Thomas. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 4, page 136.]
Spouses
Birth14 Jun 1938, Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia
Death23 Apr 2008
FatherBernard Snydor Davis (1902-1971)
MotherElsie Pauline Hall (1904-2000)
Marriage4 Jul 1958, Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia
Divorce
Birth4 Dec 1939, Champlain, Virginia
Death27 Jan 2010, Caret, Essex County, Virginia
Burial29 Jan 2010, Upper Essex Baptist Church Cemetery, Essex County, Virginia
Marriage16 Apr 1966, Caret, Essex County, Virginia
No Children
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