Mitchell Kirkpatrick, age 64, passed away on Sunday, June 18, 2023, at UMMC, in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, from 5:30 PM until 7:30 PM and Thursday, June 22, 2023, from 10:00 AM until 10:50 AM at Wolf Funeral Services in Morton, MS. Services will take place at 11:00 AM in our Funeral Home chapel. Burial will follow on Friday, June 23, 2023, at 10:30 at Legion Memorial Cemetery in Newellton, LA. Bro. Tim Lott will officiate under the direction of Wolf Funeral Services.
Mitchell was born to Claude Edward Kirkpatrick and Virginia Pauline Jiles on October 19, 1958, in Newellton, LA. He was an Avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish. Mitchell enjoyed mowing lawns and vegetable gardening. He loved to cook, especially cakes that he would take to church. He was the caregiver for his mother in the final years of her life. Mitchell was the quiet type but he listened to others.
Mitchell was preceded in death by his parents, Ed and Virginia Kirkpatrick; sister, Debbie Derrick; Brother-In-Law, Mel Morse and a nephew, Allen David Morse. He is survived by his son, Jacob Chad Mitchell Fortenberry of Forest, MS; three sisters, Cindy Gaddis (Philip) of Katy, TX, Pauline Doyle (Alan) of Newellton, LA and Beth Morse of Pearl, MS; brother, Joe Kirkpatrick of Pulaski, MS; very special friend, Debbie Kirkpatrick; grandson, Grayson Cole and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Philip Gaddis, Alan Doyle, Hunter Vallee, Aiden Amesbury, Michael Hickman and Michael (Bubba) Phillips.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Alzheimer’s Association at act.alz.org