Mittie was born March 10, 1900 at Fox, Virginia. Mittie's parents were Leona (Hash) Dunivant and "Aleck" (Alexander) Dunivant. She grew up in very small community (Fox) where she attended school through the 10th grade.
Mittie had two brothers, Charles and Ray and two sisters, Etta and Bessie. Mittie, as a child , remembers how she loved to pick wildflowers, sing and attend church regularly. She helped her mother with the housework, cooking and sewing.
Mittie saw her first movie and had her first car ride when she was 19 years old. The occasion was on the 4th of July when she went to Independence, Virginia. It was a great treat for her.
Mittie met her future husband, J.C.Joseph "Skinny" Bagwell, when he returned from Nebraska to pay a visit back home to Virginia. Skinny courted Mittie 2 years and they were married March 20th, 1920. The wedding was held in her parents home with family and friends in attendance. Her mother made her a blue taffeta dress to wear for the wedding. (Mittie, who loves flowers, did not have flowers for her wedding). Mittie says she and her husband made up for that by planting many, many flowers every year around their home.
Mittie and Skinny traveled by train to Nebraska (Meadow Grove) following the wedding. Skinny was a farmer and Mittie, besides helping with the farm loved to sew. She taught young ladies to sew as well as teaching Sunday School classes for many years. Mittie also enjoyed her garden and flowers.
Mittie and Skinny did not have children of their own, but did raise 1 boy and 2 girls. They were the children of Skinny's niece. Mittie and her husband were very thankful for the children. Mittie says that times were hard for everyone but they managed to get by. With her sewing money, she managed to save enough so that after leaving Virginia for 13 years, she was able to return home to see her folks one more time. On her way to Virginia, Mittie visited a sister and brother. She was gone for about 2 months and traveled by bus.
Mittie and her husband moved to Norfolk when they retired from the farm. She worked as a seamstress at the Fair Store for many years.
Skinny passed away March 30, 1965. Mittie moved to St. Joseph's Nursing Home on July 19, 1968. Mittie was very sick at the time. After regaining her health, Mittie returned to work at the Fair Store and also traveled with her brother Charlie and his second wife Doris. They traveled to the Black Hills and back East, (to see her remaining sister Etta and brother Ray). Her brothers and sisters have passed away and Mittie says she has many fond memories of her husband, brothers, sisters, and children.
Article from the St. Joseph Nursing Home on the occasion of her 86th birthday. **This article was written by a non family staff member who interviewed her at age 86. I knew Mittie VERY well, and interviewed her and shared pictures and letters with heron many occasions from 1965 until her death in 1996 . The illness referred to in the article was probably a massive stroke; she was hospitalized for over a month, and was transferred as the first resident to the nursing home in a coma. She then had an amazing recovery and actually went back to work at the Fair Store, helped out in the nursing home with sewing, and care of her many roomates.
Mittie had two brothers, Charles and Ray and two sisters, Etta and Bessie. Mittie, as a child , remembers how she loved to pick wildflowers, sing and attend church regularly. She helped her mother with the housework, cooking and sewing.
Mittie saw her first movie and had her first car ride when she was 19 years old. The occasion was on the 4th of July when she went to Independence, Virginia. It was a great treat for her.
Mittie met her future husband, J.C.Joseph "Skinny" Bagwell, when he returned from Nebraska to pay a visit back home to Virginia. Skinny courted Mittie 2 years and they were married March 20th, 1920. The wedding was held in her parents home with family and friends in attendance. Her mother made her a blue taffeta dress to wear for the wedding. (Mittie, who loves flowers, did not have flowers for her wedding). Mittie says she and her husband made up for that by planting many, many flowers every year around their home.
Mittie and Skinny traveled by train to Nebraska (Meadow Grove) following the wedding. Skinny was a farmer and Mittie, besides helping with the farm loved to sew. She taught young ladies to sew as well as teaching Sunday School classes for many years. Mittie also enjoyed her garden and flowers.
Mittie and Skinny did not have children of their own, but did raise 1 boy and 2 girls. They were the children of Skinny's niece. Mittie and her husband were very thankful for the children. Mittie says that times were hard for everyone but they managed to get by. With her sewing money, she managed to save enough so that after leaving Virginia for 13 years, she was able to return home to see her folks one more time. On her way to Virginia, Mittie visited a sister and brother. She was gone for about 2 months and traveled by bus.
Mittie and her husband moved to Norfolk when they retired from the farm. She worked as a seamstress at the Fair Store for many years.
Skinny passed away March 30, 1965. Mittie moved to St. Joseph's Nursing Home on July 19, 1968. Mittie was very sick at the time. After regaining her health, Mittie returned to work at the Fair Store and also traveled with her brother Charlie and his second wife Doris. They traveled to the Black Hills and back East, (to see her remaining sister Etta and brother Ray). Her brothers and sisters have passed away and Mittie says she has many fond memories of her husband, brothers, sisters, and children.
Article from the St. Joseph Nursing Home on the occasion of her 86th birthday. **This article was written by a non family staff member who interviewed her at age 86. I knew Mittie VERY well, and interviewed her and shared pictures and letters with heron many occasions from 1965 until her death in 1996 . The illness referred to in the article was probably a massive stroke; she was hospitalized for over a month, and was transferred as the first resident to the nursing home in a coma. She then had an amazing recovery and actually went back to work at the Fair Store, helped out in the nursing home with sewing, and care of her many roomates.
Mittie was born March 10, 1900 at Fox, Virginia. Mittie's parents were Leona (Hash) Dunivant and "Aleck" (Alexander) Dunivant. She grew up in very small community (Fox) where she attended school through the 10th grade.
Mittie had two brothers, Charles and Ray and two sisters, Etta and Bessie. Mittie, as a child , remembers how she loved to pick wildflowers, sing and attend church regularly. She helped her mother with the housework, cooking and sewing.
Mittie saw her first movie and had her first car ride when she was 19 years old. The occasion was on the 4th of July when she went to Independence, Virginia. It was a great treat for her.
Mittie met her future husband, J.C.Joseph "Skinny" Bagwell, when he returned from Nebraska to pay a visit back home to Virginia. Skinny courted Mittie 2 years and they were married March 20th, 1920. The wedding was held in her parents home with family and friends in attendance. Her mother made her a blue taffeta dress to wear for the wedding. (Mittie, who loves flowers, did not have flowers for her wedding). Mittie says she and her husband made up for that by planting many, many flowers every year around their home.
Mittie and Skinny traveled by train to Nebraska (Meadow Grove) following the wedding. Skinny was a farmer and Mittie, besides helping with the farm loved to sew. She taught young ladies to sew as well as teaching Sunday School classes for many years. Mittie also enjoyed her garden and flowers.
Mittie and Skinny did not have children of their own, but did raise 1 boy and 2 girls. They were the children of Skinny's niece. Mittie and her husband were very thankful for the children. Mittie says that times were hard for everyone but they managed to get by. With her sewing money, she managed to save enough so that after leaving Virginia for 13 years, she was able to return home to see her folks one more time. On her way to Virginia, Mittie visited a sister and brother. She was gone for about 2 months and traveled by bus.
Mittie and her husband moved to Norfolk when they retired from the farm. She worked as a seamstress at the Fair Store for many years.
Skinny passed away March 30, 1965. Mittie moved to St. Joseph's Nursing Home on July 19, 1968. Mittie was very sick at the time. After regaining her health, Mittie returned to work at the Fair Store and also traveled with her brother Charlie and his second wife Doris. They traveled to the Black Hills and back East, (to see her remaining sister Etta and brother Ray). Her brothers and sisters have passed away and Mittie says she has many fond memories of her husband, brothers, sisters, and children.
Article from the St. Joseph Nursing Home on the occasion of her 86th birthday. **This article was written by a non family staff member who interviewed her at age 86. I knew Mittie VERY well, and interviewed her and shared pictures and letters with heron many occasions from 1965 until her death in 1996 . The illness referred to in the article was probably a massive stroke; she was hospitalized for over a month, and was transferred as the first resident to the nursing home in a coma. She then had an amazing recovery and actually went back to work at the Fair Store, helped out in the nursing home with sewing, and care of her many roomates.
Mittie had two brothers, Charles and Ray and two sisters, Etta and Bessie. Mittie, as a child , remembers how she loved to pick wildflowers, sing and attend church regularly. She helped her mother with the housework, cooking and sewing.
Mittie saw her first movie and had her first car ride when she was 19 years old. The occasion was on the 4th of July when she went to Independence, Virginia. It was a great treat for her.
Mittie met her future husband, J.C.Joseph "Skinny" Bagwell, when he returned from Nebraska to pay a visit back home to Virginia. Skinny courted Mittie 2 years and they were married March 20th, 1920. The wedding was held in her parents home with family and friends in attendance. Her mother made her a blue taffeta dress to wear for the wedding. (Mittie, who loves flowers, did not have flowers for her wedding). Mittie says she and her husband made up for that by planting many, many flowers every year around their home.
Mittie and Skinny traveled by train to Nebraska (Meadow Grove) following the wedding. Skinny was a farmer and Mittie, besides helping with the farm loved to sew. She taught young ladies to sew as well as teaching Sunday School classes for many years. Mittie also enjoyed her garden and flowers.
Mittie and Skinny did not have children of their own, but did raise 1 boy and 2 girls. They were the children of Skinny's niece. Mittie and her husband were very thankful for the children. Mittie says that times were hard for everyone but they managed to get by. With her sewing money, she managed to save enough so that after leaving Virginia for 13 years, she was able to return home to see her folks one more time. On her way to Virginia, Mittie visited a sister and brother. She was gone for about 2 months and traveled by bus.
Mittie and her husband moved to Norfolk when they retired from the farm. She worked as a seamstress at the Fair Store for many years.
Skinny passed away March 30, 1965. Mittie moved to St. Joseph's Nursing Home on July 19, 1968. Mittie was very sick at the time. After regaining her health, Mittie returned to work at the Fair Store and also traveled with her brother Charlie and his second wife Doris. They traveled to the Black Hills and back East, (to see her remaining sister Etta and brother Ray). Her brothers and sisters have passed away and Mittie says she has many fond memories of her husband, brothers, sisters, and children.
Article from the St. Joseph Nursing Home on the occasion of her 86th birthday. **This article was written by a non family staff member who interviewed her at age 86. I knew Mittie VERY well, and interviewed her and shared pictures and letters with heron many occasions from 1965 until her death in 1996 . The illness referred to in the article was probably a massive stroke; she was hospitalized for over a month, and was transferred as the first resident to the nursing home in a coma. She then had an amazing recovery and actually went back to work at the Fair Store, helped out in the nursing home with sewing, and care of her many roomates.
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