Mrs. Mary Ann Mitchell, daughter of Abner and Harriet Rouse, was born in Green Co., NC, Oct. 7, 1849, and died at the Natural Steps, Pulaski Co., Ark., March 19, 1877, of bilious typhoid fever, after an illness of sixteen days. She professed faith in Christ in the autumn of 1864; united herself with that branch of the Christ's Church, known then and there (Green Co., NC) as the Union Baptist; where she lived an active member until she was married to the Rev. B. E. Mitchell, Dec. 21, 1865, when she applied to the above mentioned Church for a certificate of commendation, and with great reluctance it was granted. She then joined the M. E. Church, South, where she spent the remainder of her days with joy. She was a cherishing mother, and affectionate wife and devoted Christian, highly respected by all who knew her. To know her was to love her. The last time she was in prayer meeting she got very happy, and shouted her Redeemer's praise till she was completely exhausted. This was on Wednesday night of Feb. 28, 1877, and on sabbath morning following, while sitting in the church at Shady Grove, (Maumelle circuit, Little Rock Conference) listening to the last message she ever heard on earth, (delivered by Brother Patrick Scott) she was taken with a chill. From that time till the night she died, which was sixteen days, she was not clear of fever, but did not complain of any pain at any time. She said to me some weeks previous to her last illness, that she ws not going to live long. I tried to console her as much as I could by telling her she would perhaps live much longer than many others, still she seemed inclined to the contrary. Time and space would fail me to speak of her many excellent qualities. The writer has been intimately acquainted with her for more than eleven years, and never did he see he unemployed, or triflingly employed. Her whole zeal wa for the accomplishment of good. A short time before she died, while I waas standing by her bedside, my cheeks all bathed in tears, she looked me in the face with a smile of resignation and said, "I hate to leave you and my two little children, but I know you will take care of them, and I soon will be with my other two babes in the paradise above." Soon after she quietly fell asleep in Jesus without a struggle. Thus she achieved a complete victory over the last enemy. Leaving a husband, two little children and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss, her spirit took its flight to the realms of bliss.
(written by her husband, Barney E. Mitchell)

Molly had a stone in the Shady Grove Cemetery, but it has disappeared.