MITCHELL, Roy Martin
Source: Williamsport Review-Republican,
September 28, 2000, pg 4
Roy Martin Mitchell,
66, of Muncie, formerly of Fountain County, died Saturday evening, September
23, 2000 in Ball Memorial Hospital, after a brief illness. Born in Fountain
County, he graduated from Newtown. High School. He was a U. S. Army veteran of
the Korean War and later graduated from Indiana University. Mr. Mitchell was a
special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 25 years, serving in
Indianapolis, New Orleans, Meridian, Miss., New York and Chicago, before moving
to Muncie in 1975. He retired in 1985. While with the FBI, he was instrumental
in solving the murder case of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County,
Miss., in 1964. The movie Mississippi
Burning was later produced based upon this case. In Chicago, he was
involved in the investigation of the activities of the Black Panther Party,
leading to recovery of evidence and various prosecutions. He was a member of
New Burlington United Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge of Newtown and Selma
American Legion Post 347. He coached basketball, soccer and Little League. His
marriage was to Bonnie Mitchell. They are divorced. She survives. Also
surviving, are: two sons, Tim Mitchell of DeSoto and Anthony G. Mitchell of
Muncie; a daughter, Amy (Shane) Yohe of Lebanon; a sister, Anne McCall of
Attica; and three grandchildren. Visitation was Tuesday and prior to service on
Wednesday at Meeks Mortuary Chapel, Muncie, with Selma American Legion Post
#437 military rites. He was cremated. Memorials may be made to charity of
donor's choice. – jlr