Janice "Ree" Mitchell

Mitchell, Janice "Ree" A former secretary at Northeast High School and a resident and native of Zachary, she died at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005, at her home. She was 47. Visiting was at Miller & Daughter Mortuary, Zachary, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10. Religious service at First Pentecostal Church of Wilson at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, conducted by Apostle Frank Washington. Interment in First Pentecostal Church of Wakefield Cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Israel Mitchell Jr., Zachary; mother, Bernice Cummings, Zachary; daughter, Veronique Mitchell, Zachary; three sons, Lance Cpl. Deondray Mitchell, Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Tremaine and Jacob Mitchell, both of Zachary; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Israel and Jeraldine Mitchell, St. Francisville; five sisters, Mary Morrison, Glen Fair, Calif., and Marie Coates, Ora Rideau, Audrey Johnson and Sarah Stewart, all of Zachary; two brothers, Clarence Williams III and wife Adriene, Baker, and Albert Coates, Baton Rouge; grandmother, Levanna Williams, St. Francisville; three godchildren, Anthony Coates, Michelle Minor and Denise Williams; three sisters-in-law, Joyce Newton and husband Roderic, Zachary, and Gloria and Bridgette Mitchell, both of St. Francisville; and a host of nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. Preceded in death by her father, Clarence Williams Jr.; brother-in-law, Eddie Stewart Jr.; maternal grandparents, Peter and Augustine Coates; and paternal grandfather, Clarence Williams Sr. Special thanks to the Ochsner oncology staff, Hospice of Baton Rouge and the Oncology Unit at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Mid City and Bluebonnet. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Susan G. Comen Breast Cancer Foundation, 5005 L.B.J. Freeway, Suite 250, Dallas, TX 75244 or Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Research Center.