Obituary

Mitchell, Jimmie Lewis, Mrs. (Dorothy Jean Drake)

Dorothy Jean Mitchell, 81, of Plainview, passed away on Sept. 18, 2017. She was born to Erbin and Imogene Drake in Red River County, Texas, on Nov. 25, 1935. She graduated from high school in Avery, Texas, in 1954. She married Jimmie Lewis Mitchell that same year and moved to Plainview. She worked for Plainview Independent School District for 35 years as a teacher's aide, with most of those years teaching kindergarten students. She retired from PISD in 2002 and then spent the next six years teaching private Pre-K and working at the YMCA afterschool program. She was a member of the Northwest Church of Christ in Plainview.

She is preceded in death by her father, Erbin Drake, her husband, Jimmie Mitchell, a granddaughter, Jessica Flores and a grandson, Jason Maloney.

Survivors include her mother, Imogene Drake of Annona, Texas; a daughter, Judy Maloney and husband, Jerry, of Lubbock; a son, Jerry Mitchell and wife, Rachel, of Lubbock; grandsons Jimmie and Thomas Mitchell, of Lubbock, grandson Jarod Maloney and wife, Taylor, of Dallas; and great-grandchildren, Celeste and Tristan Flores, of Amarillo.

A memorial service to celebrate Dorothy's life will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, at Kornerstone Funeral Directors Chapel in Plainview.