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==Family and death==

==Family and death==

Mitchell was first married the former Laurel Jeanne Drushel (1948–2013), a native of [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], who in 1958 moved to Baton Rouge with her parents, Harry and Maxime Drushel. She helped to establish the Bridal Boutique in Baton Rouge before moving with her husband to Leesville in 1971. She first attended LSU but obtained bachelor's and master's degrees in [[history]] from Northwestern State University in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. She taught at the NSU Fort Polk campus and later at Baton Rouge Community College and Lone Star College, a [[community college]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas. She is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Leesville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeanesfs.com/PastObituary.aspx?did=8cbbed07-7731-4122-b1a2-75304a9c1e63|title=Memorial for Laurel Jeanne Mitchell|publisher=jeanesfs.com|accessdate=July 26, 2015}}</ref> From this marriage, Judge Mitchell has two daughters, Jennifer Mitchell Canaday (born 1971) and her husband, Niholas, of the capital city of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], Texas, and Jaymie Mitchell Wright (born 1976) and husband Sam of Leesville.  

Mitchell was first married the former Laurel Jeanne Drushel (1948–2013), a native of [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], who in 1958 moved to Baton Rouge with her parents, Harry and Maxime Drushel. She helped to establish the Bridal Boutique in Baton Rouge before moving with her husband to Leesville in 1971. She first attended LSU but obtained bachelor's and master's degrees in [[history]] from [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. She taught at the NSU Fort Polk campus and later at Baton Rouge Community College and Lone Star College, a [[community college]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas. She is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Leesville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeanesfs.com/PastObituary.aspx?did=8cbbed07-7731-4122-b1a2-75304a9c1e63|title=Memorial for Laurel Jeanne Mitchell|publisher=jeanesfs.com|accessdate=July 26, 2015}}</ref> From this marriage, Judge Mitchell has two daughters, Jennifer Mitchell Canaday (born 1971) and her husband, Niholas, of the capital city of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], Texas, and Jaymie Mitchell Wright (born 1976) and husband Sam of Leesville.  

In 1999, Mitchell married the former Michelle Price Basco and acquired two step-children, Mason Basco and his fiancé, Nicole Crabb, of Leesville, and Amanda Basco Wellman and husband Brett of Slagle in Vernon Parish.<ref name=bio/> Judge Mitchell died of a sudden illness at the age of sixty-nine in Rapides Regional Medical Center in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/article/20150725/NEWS/150729818|title=30th District Judge Jim Mitchell passes away|date=July 25, 2015|publisher=''Leesville Daily Leader''|accessdate=July 26, 2015}}</ref> Services were held on July 28, 2015, at the East Leesville [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church, with interment at Hicks Pentecostal Church Cemetery in the unincorporated community of Hicks in Vernon Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/article/20150725/NEWS/150729815|title=Obituary: Judge James "Jim" Mitchell|publisher=''Leesville Daily Leader''|accessdate=July 26, 2015}}</ref>

In 1999, Mitchell married the former Michelle Price Basco and acquired two step-children, Mason Basco and his fiancé, Nicole Crabb, of Leesville, and Amanda Basco Wellman and husband Brett of Slagle in Vernon Parish.<ref name=bio/> Judge Mitchell died of a sudden illness at the age of sixty-nine in Rapides Regional Medical Center in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/article/20150725/NEWS/150729818|title=30th District Judge Jim Mitchell passes away|date=July 25, 2015|publisher=''Leesville Daily Leader''|accessdate=July 26, 2015}}</ref> Services were held on July 28, 2015, at the East Leesville [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church, with interment at Hicks Pentecostal Church Cemetery in the unincorporated community of Hicks in Vernon Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/article/20150725/NEWS/150729815|title=Obituary: Judge James "Jim" Mitchell|publisher=''Leesville Daily Leader''|accessdate=July 26, 2015}}</ref>