Sylvia Keheley Mitchell, 88, of Midland, formerly of Big Spring, died on Friday, February 4, 2005, in a Midland nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, February 7, 2005 at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel in Big Spring with Rev. Don Snipes, pastor of Baptist Temple Church, officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park.The family will receive friends from 45:00 PM to 6:00 PM Sunday at the funeral home.She was born on March 1, 1916, in Locust Fork, Alabama. She married Robert H. Keheley in October 1935 and he died in October 1960. She then married Raymond S. Doty in August 1961 and he died in June 1979. She then married Robert H. Mitchell in February 1986 and he died in March 1993. Mrs. Mitchell had worked as a bookkeeper for various businesses. She moved to Midland in 1993. She was a member of Baptist Temple Church.She was a Past Noble Grand of the Rebekah Lodge and was a member of Big Spring Chapter #67, Order of the Eastern Star.Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Roberta and Chuck Reynolds of Midland and Gayle and Joe Fowler of Merkel; two brothers, Alfred Tidwell of Big Spring and Fred Tidwell of Bakersfield, California; nine grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren and 22 great great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Holly J. Maryea; three grandsons, Todd Maryea, Joe Dale Roberts and Greg Allen Reynolds; four brothers and two sisters. The family suggests memorials be made to Home Hospice, 901 W. Missouri, Midland, Texas 79701 or to the Alzheimer's Association, Greater West Texas Chapter, 4400 N. Big Spring, Suite C-32, Midland, Texas 79705.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,
