Memorial Service for Alanson Edwin Mitchell (Grace Bible Church-Online) held on October 25, 2025
Slide Presentation
Click the image to download/open the PowerPoint presentation
Alanson Edwin Mitchell Biography
Written by Deena Ewers
It is with great sadness and heavy hearts, that we announce the passing of Alanson Edwin Mitchell Sr, also known as “Al”, a loving Son, father, stepfather, husband, father-in-law, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, who departed this world on October 7, 2025. In Hemet California. He was born on July 2, 1942 in Arkansas. (Age 83)
Alanson Is survived by his sister, Myra Elizabeth Mitchell-Morris, her husband Terry Morris. His Children Alanson Edwin Mitchell Jr, Deena Michelle Mitchell-Ewers, Richard Albert Mitchell, and wife, Kelly Mitchell and Misty Mitchell-Petrus. Stepchildren Betty Decker, Lisa Simmons, Gary Wilson, Billie Lawson, Regina Harger And Jason Evelyn. His daughter Nancy Mitchell passed before him.
Alanson Was also a proud and loving grandfather to his grandchildren Holly Hawn, Sarah Ewers, Bethany Felix, Devyn “Lexi” Mitchell, Alyson “Aly” Brandon, Tristan Mitchell, Ayla Martin and Amanda Adams, as well as four great granddaughters and three great grandsons and many step grandchildren, cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Alanson Was the second son of the late Thomas Albert Mitchell Jr and Edith Irene Belcher-Mitchell. He is now in heavenly peace with his parents, wife Evelyn “Candi” Mitchell, his brothers Delmar Marvin Mitchell and Thomas Albert Mitchell III. His ex-wives Nora Milvina Beard-Mitchell and Frances Peach-Mitchell, who all preceded him in passing.
Alanson or as some knew him as just “Al” Was a hard worker all his life. He believed in working an honest living and being kind to others. He was a great friend to many and would always lend a helping hand to those who needed it.
He was a great father to me, one of his little girls. I’ve been a daddy’s girl all my life. I loved him dearly. He was always kind and gentle to me. He always had a big smile for me and the biggest hugs whenever I needed them. He meant the world to me.
I know that my other siblings, as well as his many stepchildren probably feel the same about him. Even when he couldn’t always be with us in our lives, he was always there in some other way to let us know how much he loved us.
Alanson had many interests in his life. He had a love of the great outdoors. He loved fishing, camping, and hunting in his home state of Arkansas. He loved riding motorcycles in his younger days. He was the owner/operator of his own Radiator businesses in California and Arkansas. He had a love of cooking and cooked the most delicious food. I loved his homemade weekend breakfast’s growing up. Family members remember waking up to the smell of his homemade buttermilk pancakes, sausage and gravy, grits, and fluffy biscuits and fresh fruits from his garden.
Alanson was a United States Navy veteran and he had many wonderful memories of his time in the Navy with his older brother Tom, who served with him on the USS Coral Sea aircraft carrier from 1959-1963; Division: V-1 & V-6