Mitchell, Dorotha

Passed: 1973-02-12

Age: 43

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1973-02-16

Information: FAIRPLAIN CRASH KILLS ONE, INJURES TWO-Mrs. Clay (Dorotha) Mitchell, 43, of 246 Cedar Lakes Drive, Ripley, was dead on arrival at Jackson General Hospital following a traffic accident Monday about 4:15 p.m. on Rt. 21 near the northbound ramp of I-77 at Fairplain.  Injured in the two-car accident were Mrs. Fred (Shelia) Wilson and her three-year-old son, Frederick, of Ripley.  Mrs. Wilson and her son were transferred from Jackson General Hospital to Charleston General Hospital, where, Tuesday, Mrs. Wilson was reported in fair condition and the child's condition was said still critical.  The boy suffered head injuries and a fractured nose, it was reported.     According to State Trooper M. G. Cook, who was assisted in the investigation by sheriff's deputies, the Wilson car, a Pontiac, was traveling south on Rt. 21 and, after passing another vehicle, the driver lost control of her car, which struck the oncoming 1971 Gremlin driven by Mrs. Mitchell head-on.  Members of the Ripley Volunteer Fire Department rescue squad, who were summoned to the accident scene, used emergency equipment to free the injured Mrs. Wilson, who was pinned in her car.      Mrs. Mitchell was born October 24, 1930 at Charleston, West Virginia, Kanawha County, the daughter of Luvada Bush Lemon Mitchell and the late James Kermit Lemon.  She was a member of the Ripley Baptist Temple.  Besides her mother, she is survived by her husband, Clay Mitchell, Ripley; one son, Arnold Clay Mitchell, Jr., at home; three daughters, Cathy, Diane and Janet, all at home; two brothers, Arnold Lemon of Middletown, Connecticut and Donald Lemon of Charleston; one sister, Mrs. Mary Bryon of Gallipolis, Ohio; grandmother, Mrs. Mae Bush of Charleston.  Services will be held Wednesday (today) at 2 p.m. at the Ripley Baptist Temple with the Rev. Ted Winkler officiating.  Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Cemetery at St. Albans, in Kanawha County.