Josephine Mitchell

Josephine Foster Mitchell was born on January 14, 1936 in Avinger, Cass County, Texas and died on March 15, 2016. Her funeral service will be at Quinlan Funeral Home on Monday, March 21, 2016 at 11:00 am with her brother, Leslie Joe Foster officiating, and assisted by her daughter, Brynda Hennings. Visitation with the family will be one hour before the service. Her interment will follow the service in the Lakeside Memorial Park, Quinlan, Texas. Her pallbearers will be: Austin Byers, Michael Warren, Robert Ray Warren, Joshua Warren, Dennis Benson, and Lonnie Benson. During the service Neil Beaver will sing Amazing Grace and Precious Lord.

She is preceded in her death by her parents, Reathie Ryan and Leslie Foster; four brothers, Infant Baby Boy, Roat, Donald, and L. H. Foster; two sisters, Juanel Foster and Linda Jean Hunt; her husband, Johnny Lee Mitchell; and one daughter, Linda Fay Henson.

She is Survived by daughters, Brynda Hennings (Jon), Mary Warren (Neil Beaver); son, James Scarbrough; 12 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild; three sisters, Kathryn Wall, Reathie Joyce, and Myrtle Stevens; a brother, Leslie Joe Foster; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Josephine was the person you could hear laughing across the room. There were five things she loved most in life: traveling, being with Family and friends, church, talking, and food. She Lived in Quinlan, Texas for 41 years where she worked at Vintage Wood Work for 13 years and then retired from the Quinlan ISD as a cook for the elementary school. She was previously a member of The Rebeka's in Quinlan and the Ladies Red Hat Association in McKinney. After Josephine retired she moved to McKinney, Texas where she volunteered as the "Popcorn Lady" at the McKinney Hospital. After a few years she moved to Beatrice, Nebraska where she was a member of the Bible Baptist Church. Her hobbies were sewing, crocheting, and playing cards. She will be missed by all those who knew and loved her.