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Joseph Franklin Mink

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Joseph Franklin Mink

Birth
Itawamba County, Mississippi, USA
Death
4 May 1949 (aged 75)
Itawamba County, Mississippi, USA
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Son of Rev. James Thomas Mink and Emily F.Collier
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Joseph Frank Mink, prominent Itawamba land owner and farmer, fell from his seat in the Itawamba County Courthouse on May 4, 1949 where he was a witness in a law suit then being tried, dead from a heart ailment. Dr. W. L. Orr who was called immediately for an examination pronounced him dead in less than 5 minutes from the time he fell over. He was 65 years old. He was a son of one of Northeast Itawamba’s oldtime and beloved Methodist Circuit riders, and he was a devout Christian and a leader in his community. Within the last week he had completed a new home for himself and his family, but he had not moved into it.

Funeral services were held May 6 at the New Home Cemetery, about 5 miles South of Red Bay in Itawamba County.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ida Reeves Mink, and seven children and four children by a former marriage. His children are: Floyd Mink of Cleveland, Ohio, Audie Mink, Mrs. Don Scott and Orlis, Onise, George T., Lorece, Hazel, Charles and Vernell, all of Red Bay, Rt. 1.
Son of Rev. James Thomas Mink and Emily F.Collier
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Joseph Frank Mink, prominent Itawamba land owner and farmer, fell from his seat in the Itawamba County Courthouse on May 4, 1949 where he was a witness in a law suit then being tried, dead from a heart ailment. Dr. W. L. Orr who was called immediately for an examination pronounced him dead in less than 5 minutes from the time he fell over. He was 65 years old. He was a son of one of Northeast Itawamba’s oldtime and beloved Methodist Circuit riders, and he was a devout Christian and a leader in his community. Within the last week he had completed a new home for himself and his family, but he had not moved into it.

Funeral services were held May 6 at the New Home Cemetery, about 5 miles South of Red Bay in Itawamba County.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ida Reeves Mink, and seven children and four children by a former marriage. His children are: Floyd Mink of Cleveland, Ohio, Audie Mink, Mrs. Don Scott and Orlis, Onise, George T., Lorece, Hazel, Charles and Vernell, all of Red Bay, Rt. 1.

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