Lovell Lee Mitchell

LOVELL LEE MITCHELL WAS BORN AUGUST 27, 1963, IN QUITMAN, MISSISSIPPI TO THE LATE RUBY LEE MITCHELL CHATMAN. JUST BEFORE HIS THIRD BIRTHDAY, RUBY MARRIED LEROY CHATMAN AND HE HELPED RAISE LOVELL AS HIS OWN SON.

LOVELL WAS AN ACTIVE AND FAITHFUL MEMBER OF CHRIST DELIVERANCE CHURCH OF THE APOSTOLIC

FAITH UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP JOHN W. MANNING.

LOVELL WAS MORE LIKE A BROTHER THAN NEPHEW BECAUSE HE LIVED WITH US UNTIL HIS TEEN YEARS.

EVEN THOUGH HE WENT TO LIVE WITH RUBY AND LEROY, HE WAS ALWAYS STAYING AT THE HOUSE WITH US.

LOVELL WAS AN ALL-AROUND SPORTS PERSON. HE LOVED ALL SPORTS. HE TOOK HIS AUNT WENDY TO HER FIRST HOCKEY GAME. HE WAS AN AVID DALLAS COWBOYS FAN SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE BOY. HIS TELEVISION WAS ALWAYS ON ESPN.

HE SHARED A SPECIAL BOND WITH HIS AUNT ETHEL, WHO HE FONDLY CALLED ESTHER. LOVELL WOULD CALL HER EVERY DAY AND WOULD TALK FOR HOURS. EVEN THOUGH LOVELL HAS HIS OWN HEALTH CHALLENGES, WE NEVER HEARD HIM COMPLAIN. HE WOULD CALL AUNT ETHEL TO SEE HOW SHE WAS DOING AND WOULD ALWAYS TELL HER TO "KEEP THE FAITH".

WHEN LOVELL WAS HOSPITALIZED IN AUGUST, HIS AUNT ETHEL AND WENDY WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY TO SIT WITH HIM, PRAY FOR HIM, AND PLAY GOSPEL MUSIC AND FAITH PRAYERS UNTIL HIS PASSING.

LOVELL HAD A SPECIAL BOND WITH BISHOP MANNING AND EVANGELIST NATASHA MANNING. THEY TREATED HIM LIKE A SON. HE HELPED STREAM THE CHURCH SERVICES ON FACEBOOK LIVE AND HELPED WITH SUNDAY SCHOOL WHENEVER HE WAS NEEDED. HE WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER UNTIL THE END.

LOVELL WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, RUBY AND LEROY CHATMAN, HIS GRANDPARENTS:

EDDIE AND AMANDA MITCHELL; THREE UNCLES: DENNIS L. MITCHELL, EDDIE J. MITCHELL, ERNEST MITCHELL AND COUSIN, ANTHONY LEASHORE.

LOVELL WILL BE FOREVER CHERISHED BY HIS AUNTS: ETHEL MITCHELL, WENDY MITCHELL AND ROSIE (GREGORY) GEORGE; HIS UNCLE DEACON ARTHUR MITCHELL (GAIL). SPECIAL COUSINS: BENNY MITCHELL, ANGEL LEASHORE, SEMAJ MITCHELL, DAMAREANNA MITCHELL, JACQUELYN (CORIE) WILLIAMS. AS WELL AS A HOST OF COUSINS AND FRIENDS.

RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO DAVIS - GARR CREMATION AND FUNERAL SERVICES, INC. ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA 16503 ON WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4, 2024, FROM 11:00 AM UNTIL THE TIME OF HIS HOMEGOING SERVICE AT 12:00 PM. BURIAL WILL BE PRIVATE.

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