Evelyn Mitchell Whiddon's Obituary
Funeral services for Evelyn Mitchell Whiddon, 92, of DeRidder, LA, will be held at 10 AM Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at Broadlands Bible Church in DeRidder, LA, with Rev. Timothy Bergen and Rev. Henry Hebert officiating. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, from 5 PM until 9 PM at Labby Memorial Funeral Home in DeRidder, and Wednesday, May 4, 2016, from 9 AM until service at the Church. Burial will follow in Mennonite Cemetery under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home in DeRidder.
Evelyn, the daughter of Henry Tobias and Anna Kohen Smith, was born on February 25, 1924, in Verden, OK. She passed away on Sunday, May 1, 2016, in DeRidder, Louisiana.
She lived most of her life in DeRidder and attended Broadlands Bible Church. She loved to crochet, sit on her porch and watch the birds and loved her flowers.
She is survived by two sons, Glenn L. Mitchell (Margaret) of Princeton, WV, and Jerry L Mitchell (Brenda) of DeRidder, LA; one daughter, Evelyn Smithkors of DeRidder; Seven grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren and three great, great grandchildren; five sisters, Vada Foshee and Lou Ella Woodard, both of DeRidder, Margie Stephenson of Center, TX, Doris Triplett of Omaha, NE, and Deloras Cooley of DeRidder; and sister-in-law Lois Smith of Leesville, LA. She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, daughter, Lillianna Fitzgerald, four brothers and two sisters.
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