BUTCH (HAROLD) LEE MITCHELL

Butch (Harold) Lee Mitchell, 82, of Everton passed away Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. He was born May 1, 1941, to Jessie (Cooper) Mitchell and Charles Allen Mitchell, in Everton, the youngest of eight children.
He attended Meeks Country School before continuing his high school education at Everton.
In the mid-1960s, he worked at an aircraft factory in Everton where he met his future wife, Judy Bishop. They were married in October of 1967 and to their union were born two daughters, Donetta and Patricia.
He spent many years in the heating and air conditioning industry, retiring from Goff Heating & Air in 2002. Not one to sit idle for long, he decided retirement was not for him and went to work as a bus driver for the Everton School District. Only recently retiring from that position in 2022.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Judy; daughters, Donetta Daniel (Bill Fellers) of Springfield and Patricia Gall of Everton; grandsons three grandsons and one grand daughter; six great-grandsons; brother, Ed (Jeanette) Mitchell of Everton, brother-in-law, Buddy Paul of Kansas City, several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and six siblings, Bertie Still, Francis “Buster” Mitchell, Buela Ferguson, Christine Harris, Maudie Paul, and Edna Mitchell.
Visitation was held on Friday, Dec. 15, at Wilson-Griffin Funeral Home in Ash Grove. Funeral services were held on Saturday, Dec. 16, at Wilson-Griffin Funeral Home, with burial at Liberty Cemetery in Everton.