Ona Crowley was born near Denton Apr. 20, 1887, to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Marion Crowley; the youngest of eight children. She lived on Denton Creek during her early years, and attended school at Stoney before moving into town, where she attended high school and studied art in Denton College.Charley Mitchell, son of John and Rosalia Mitchell, was born in Prosper, Sept. 13, 1885, the second of six children. He attended school in Prosper and in his early youth went to Denton to work. He met his bride at a social in the Presbyterian Church.
When Mrs. Mitchell's father's estate was divided, she received as her inheritance a tract of land two miles west of Savage. Here the family lived for many years in a five room frame home. A baby daughter was born Mar. 29, 1919 to the Mitchells named Frances Marie Mitchell, a baby son named Charles M. "Chuck" Mitchell was born Nov. 6, 1923. The original home stood until it was destroyed by a tornado in 1957.
Other than farming, the family took part in community affairs at Emma, and later in Ralls. Mrs. Mitchell was an inspiration in the community with her oil paintings and in later years in china painting. She and her husband loved nature and the soil and enjoyed a close-knit family life until his tragic death Jan. 19, 1937.
Mrs. Mitchell's Funeral Today
FLOYDADA (Special) Funeral services for Mrs. Ona G. Mitchell, 77, Floydada resident since 1941, will be at 4 p.m. today in First Baptist Church of Floydada, the Rev. F. C. Bradley, pastor, officiating.Burial will be in Ralls Cemetery under direction of Moore Funeral Home, Floydada.
Mrs. Mitchell, member of a pioneer Texas family, died at 4:30 a.m. Monday in a Crosbyton hospital following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Mitchell came to Floydada after residing many years in the Crosbyton area. Her father, Francis Marion Crowley, arrived in the old Emma community about 1912 from Denton County. A Civil War veteran, he came to Texas from Missouri in 1858.
Survivors include a son, Chuck Mitchell, Plainview; a daughter, Miss Frances Mitchell, Floydada; a brother, Oscar Crowley, Houston; a sister, Mrs. Janie McSpadden, Marfa; a niece, Mrs. Thomas E. Scudday, 2516 30th St., Lubbock; and three grandchildren.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, October 1964
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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