Mrs. Caroline Blizzard Mitchell, 86, entered into rest on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at Stevens Park Health and Rehab Center.
Memorial services will be held Saturday at 4:00PM in the chapel of Platt’s Funeral Home with the Dr. Greg DeLoach officiating. The family of Mrs. Mitchell will receive friends one hour prior to the Service.
Mrs. Mitchell was born June 12, 1927, in Charleston, West Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Blanche Blizzard. Mrs. Mitchell retired from Lily Tulip a Division of Owens Illinois in 1979, having worked there in Human Resources for 22 years. She also retired from MAU, INC., in 1989,having worked as a Division Manager of two divisions. Her civic involvement included 25 years a member of the Richmond County Personnel Board, serving as Board Chair numerous years. Mrs. Mitchell served from its inception on the Board of CCCS, serving as its third Board Chair. She also served, on the Girls Inc. Board and served as a member of the St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary where she served as Auxiliary President and as East Central District Director of COA/V (GA Hospital Association Council on Auxiliary and Volunteers). Mrs. Mitchell was a member of the St. Joseph Hospital Foundation Board.
Mrs. Mitchell was an active member of Hill Baptist Church and a charter member of Cross Bridge Baptist Church and currently a member of First Baptist Church of Augusta.
Mrs. Mitchell is survived by her two sons, John Stephen ( Aurilla) Mitchell and Joseph Lee ( Karen) Mitchell, a granddaughter, Caroline Elizabeth Rawlins and one brother, John C. Bott of New Hampshire. Mrs. Mitchell is preceded in death by her late husband, John L. Mitchell, Jr. and her grandson Matthew Joseph Mitchell.