Robert “Bobby” Mitchell Jr.-DuQuoin, IL

Robert “Bobby” Anderson Mitchell, Jr. passed away peacefully at Fairview Nursing Center in Du Quoin, IL on April 24, 2020.

He was born on November 7, 1942 in Bath, North Carolina to Robert and Meredith (Brinn) Mitchell of Norfolk, Virginia. He is survived by his four daughters and sons-in-law, Roberta and Jerry Fogg of Spartanburg, SC, Lisa and Dennis Bastien of Vergennes, IL, Lori and Philip Crockett of Inman, SC and Veronica Mitchell and JC Oxendine of Carbondale, IL; the mother of his children, Doris Oliver Chapman, sister Patricia Nalepka and brothers Alan and Don Mitchell; grandchildren, Ronald Hunter, Ben Dalton, Terianne Rickett, Wyatt Bastien, Keith Cox, Annie Claire Wesselman, Grace Bastien, Madalynn Donato and Marilynn Donato; great grandchildren, Neveah Hunter and Anderson Rickett.

He was loved and cared for by many special people at Fairview Nursing Center and his special friend, Rose Kaburia. He was preceded in death by his parents Robert and Meredith Mitchell and granddaughters Brittany Lynne Fogg and Christy Cox White. Robert served in the U.S. Army and retired from the W.M. Wrigley, Jr. Company. A journey of life celebration to is planned for a later date.

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