On May 27, 1933, B. F. Mitchell died near the age of 75 at the home of his nephew, Benjamin Hemby, and was buried in the family burying ground near Arba. The funeral rites were conducted by Rev. H. T. Sowers of the Free Will Baptist denomination.
The large attendance and the floral offerings attested the high respect and esteem in which the deceased was held.
He was the youngest and last survivor of a large family of brothers and sisters. He was the son of the late Rev. B. W. and Mary Mitchell.
At an early age he became a member of the Hull Road Free Will Baptist Church, and he was a regular attendant when circumstances would permit. He was educated at the neighborhood schools and Wake Forest College. He was a close student, a keen observer, and by study and travel became a man of rare judgment.
In middle life he was very active in politics and represented Greene County in the N. C. Legislature. He was dignified without being stiff; courteous without being familiar, a gentleman and a consecrated Christian.
The writer knew the deceased well for more than half a century and many were the pleasant hours spent in his company. He fulfilled to the letter the closing lines of Bryant's "Thanatopsis":
"So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan, which moves,
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death
Thou go not, like the qurry slave of night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed,
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch,
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
J. P. Mewborn
The large attendance and the floral offerings attested the high respect and esteem in which the deceased was held.
He was the youngest and last survivor of a large family of brothers and sisters. He was the son of the late Rev. B. W. and Mary Mitchell.
At an early age he became a member of the Hull Road Free Will Baptist Church, and he was a regular attendant when circumstances would permit. He was educated at the neighborhood schools and Wake Forest College. He was a close student, a keen observer, and by study and travel became a man of rare judgment.
In middle life he was very active in politics and represented Greene County in the N. C. Legislature. He was dignified without being stiff; courteous without being familiar, a gentleman and a consecrated Christian.
The writer knew the deceased well for more than half a century and many were the pleasant hours spent in his company. He fulfilled to the letter the closing lines of Bryant's "Thanatopsis":
"So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan, which moves,
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death
Thou go not, like the qurry slave of night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed,
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch,
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
J. P. Mewborn
On May 27, 1933, B. F. Mitchell died near the age of 75 at the home of his nephew, Benjamin Hemby, and was buried in the family burying ground near Arba. The funeral rites were conducted by Rev. H. T. Sowers of the Free Will Baptist denomination.
The large attendance and the floral offerings attested the high respect and esteem in which the deceased was held.
He was the youngest and last survivor of a large family of brothers and sisters. He was the son of the late Rev. B. W. and Mary Mitchell.
At an early age he became a member of the Hull Road Free Will Baptist Church, and he was a regular attendant when circumstances would permit. He was educated at the neighborhood schools and Wake Forest College. He was a close student, a keen observer, and by study and travel became a man of rare judgment.
In middle life he was very active in politics and represented Greene County in the N. C. Legislature. He was dignified without being stiff; courteous without being familiar, a gentleman and a consecrated Christian.
The writer knew the deceased well for more than half a century and many were the pleasant hours spent in his company. He fulfilled to the letter the closing lines of Bryant's "Thanatopsis":
"So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan, which moves,
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death
Thou go not, like the qurry slave of night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed,
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch,
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
J. P. Mewborn
The large attendance and the floral offerings attested the high respect and esteem in which the deceased was held.
He was the youngest and last survivor of a large family of brothers and sisters. He was the son of the late Rev. B. W. and Mary Mitchell.
At an early age he became a member of the Hull Road Free Will Baptist Church, and he was a regular attendant when circumstances would permit. He was educated at the neighborhood schools and Wake Forest College. He was a close student, a keen observer, and by study and travel became a man of rare judgment.
In middle life he was very active in politics and represented Greene County in the N. C. Legislature. He was dignified without being stiff; courteous without being familiar, a gentleman and a consecrated Christian.
The writer knew the deceased well for more than half a century and many were the pleasant hours spent in his company. He fulfilled to the letter the closing lines of Bryant's "Thanatopsis":
"So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan, which moves,
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death
Thou go not, like the qurry slave of night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed,
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch,
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
J. P. Mewborn
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