Mitchell French Fuson
May 20, 1937 - Apr 14, 2000
Posted by Jo Aguirre

Clark Funeral Service

Services for Mitchell French Fuson, 62, Paoli, formerly of Tishomingo, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, 2000, at Clark Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Stephen Gniech officiating.

Interment will be at Condon Grove Cemetery in Milburn.

Mr. Fuson passed away Friday, April 14, 2000, at the hospital in Norman. He was born May 20, 1937, at Tishomingo, to Olen and Minnie French Fuson.

He graduated from high school in Glenrose, Ark., in 1955, and joined the U.S. Navy, serving from 1955 to 1959 as a corpsman. He later transferred to the U.S. Marine Corps before his discharge. He worked several years of International Paper Company in Malvern and Gerden, Ark., and later became an LPN. He worked at Johnston Memorial Hospital for a short time and also Massachusetts General Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y. Since returning to Oklahoma, he had been employed by the Pauls Valley State School.

Mitchell is survived by a sister, Edith Mason of Malvern, Ark.; several nieces, nephews and cousins, including: Kelly and Linda Isenberg of Fillmore; Carol and Gary Smith of Fillmore; Kathy and Lewis Elrod of Blountstown, Fla.; Kevin and Sherry Pickron of St. Albans, W.Va.; James Fuson of Malvern, Ark.; Johnny Mason of Malvern; Leah Campbell of Cabot, Ark.; Paula Mason of Hot Springs, Ark.; Larry Mason of the U.S. Army; Denise and Charlie Allen, of Ravia; Diane and Richard West of Milburn; Cindi and Johnny DeHart of Pauls Valley; Susie Nichols of Ardmore; Wallace French of Durant; June French; and an aunt, Allie French; 12 great-nieces and -nephews; and two great-great-nieces and -nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and four brothers, James, Bobby, Sammy and an infant brother.

Bearers will be David Anderson, Eddie Gibson, Dr. Jack Mosley, Paul Ray and Buster Dunn. Military honors will be provided by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4869 of Tishomingo.