Margaret Hennington Mitchell died at the age of 89. Margaret was born in Pattison, Mississippi to Walter and Katie Hennington, the oldest of 5 remaining children (older sister died at 2). She is preceded in death by all of her siblings, Hazel Hanner of Metairie, LA; Bobbie Dillon of Vicksburg, MS; Walter Hennington of Utica, MS and Shirley Gallier of Bryan, TX. Margaret married Gerald Britton Mitchell, Sr. in Vicksburg, MS in 1952. His work took them to England where they lived for two years, returning to Louisiana and Texas in 1956, settling in Utica area in 1974. She completed Registered Nursing training at Mercy Hospital, Vicksburg, MS, Oct, 1952 and continued nursing education courses at University of Texas, Arlington. She held several hospital positions, including Vicksburg Hospital, and in 1975, joined Mississippi State Dept. of Health as public health manager in Port Gibson, from which she retired in 1998. She was active in Midway Church of Christ, Utica, MS for several years.
Margaret Hennington Mitchell died at the age of 89. Margaret was born in Pattison, Mississippi to Walter and Katie Hennington, the oldest of 5 remaining children (older sister died at 2). She is preceded in death by all of her siblings, Hazel Hanner of Metairie, LA; Bobbie Dillon of Vicksburg, MS; Walter Hennington of Utica, MS and Shirley Gallier of Bryan, TX. Margaret married Gerald Britton Mitchell, Sr. in Vicksburg, MS in 1952. His work took them to England where they lived for two years, returning to Louisiana and Texas in 1956, settling in Utica area in 1974. She completed Registered Nursing training at Mercy Hospital, Vicksburg, MS, Oct, 1952 and continued nursing education courses at University of Texas, Arlington. She held several hospital positions, including Vicksburg Hospital, and in 1975, joined Mississippi State Dept. of Health as public health manager in Port Gibson, from which she retired in 1998. She was active in Midway Church of Christ, Utica, MS for several years.
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Shares stone with Gerald Britton Mitchell.
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