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Jess Mitchell, Fireman, Dies
Dallas Fireman Jess S. Mitchell, 65, collapsed
Saturday afternoon at Fire Station No. 1 and was dead on arrival
at Baylor Hospital. A heart attack was cited as cause of
death. Mr. Mitchell, a 34 year veteran
of service with the Dallas Fire Dept., lived at 5230 Gurley.
An engineer at Station No. 1, Ross and Leonard, since
1932, he was stricken at 3:10 p.m. while watching television in the
station dayroom. A Plano native, Mr.
Mitchell had been a Dallasite since 1917. He attended Plano
public schools and was employed by the Dallas Board of Education
before joining the Fire Dept. He was a
member of the Forest Avenue Baptist Church and the Dallas County
Firemen's Assn. Rites are pending at George
A. Brewer Funeral Home. Mr. Mitchell's
survivors include his wife, Mae; a son, J.C. of Refugio; three
brothers, J.H. Mitchell, Plano; Joe Mitchell, Whitewright; and G.R.
Mitchell, Dallas; a sister, Mrs Fay Turner, Richardson and two
grandchildren. |