Nelda Mitchell Goodhue

Nelda Jo Mitchell Goodhue, 64, Headrick, passed away Friday, August 3, 2012 at Jackson County Memorial Hospital in Altus. Funeral services with military honors will be 2 pm Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at Kincannon Funeral Home. Inurnment of cremated remains will take place at the Duncan City Cemetery at a later date. Funeral and Cremation services are provided by Kincannon Funeral Home. Nelda Jo Mitchell was born June 14, 1948 in Duncan, Oklahoma to John Henry and Ruby Lee (Campbell) Mitchell. She graduated from Duncan High School in 1966. She entered the United States Army in 1975 and was honorably discharged as a TSgt in 1984. She worked in MWR Civil Service at Altus Air Force Base in 1986 and later at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, TX. She moved to California in 1992 and worked as a secretary and receptionist. She then worked as head cashier at the Frontier Casino in Las Vegas and the Edgewater Casino in Laughlin, Nevada. She went to work for the U. S. Postal Service in 1996 in Kingman, Arizona. She moved back to Headrick, Oklahoma in 2004 and worked for the Postal Service in Lawton, Oklahoma until she was medically retired in 2008. Since then, her dream was to establish a convenience store in Headrick with her niece. She was a member of the Church of Christ; enjoyed horseback riding and animals of all types. She couldn’t resist helping any stray animal with food and medical attention. Nelda was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by one daughter Tonya Renee Stewart and a granddaughter, Samantha Jo Stewart, both of Asheville, NC; one brother, John Henry Mitchell, Jr. of Headrick, OK; two sisters, Sandra Westfall and husband, I.D., of Altus, OK and Laura Fort and husband, Danny, of Headrick, Ok. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Humane Society.