AHOSKIE – Janie Lee Thompson Mitchell, age 77, of Church Street, Ahoskie, died Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at Vintage Inn of Williamston.

Mrs. Mitchell was born on August 14, 1933, in Lumberton, NC, a daughter of the late Edwin Wilson Thompson and Lucile Margaret Gentry Thompson.  She was a member of the Red House Presbyterian Church, Semora, NC.

Janie was active in the Gallery Theater, the Masters Garden Club, the Railroad Gang and was a Girl Scout Leader for many years.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Tracey Range of Richmond, VA, Kelly Callis and husband, Lee, of Merry Hill, NC, Caroline Bazemore and husband, Alan, of Cofield and Georgia Mitchell and husband, George Schuld, of Bayville, NJ; her brothers, Ed Thompson Jr. and Bill Thompson; and a sister, Margaret Thompson, all of Blanche, NC; seven grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

A celebration of life graveside service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at the Red House Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Semora, NC, with Amanda Range officiating.  The family will receive friends at Garrett-Jones Funeral Home, Ahoskie, from 7:00 until 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 23, 2010.

Family and friends may send condolences and sign the online guestbook by visiting www.garrettjonesfh.com.