Tom “Bobbo” Mitchell

Tom Mitchell, a descendant of William Peery and Laura McNutt Hoover, the first pioneer ranching family to settle in Crockett County, died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, at his home at the age of 82.

Tom was born Oct. 18, 1931, in Ozona, Texas, to John Mitchell and Myrtle Tennessee Hoover Kirkpatrick Mitchell, affectionately known as "Bobbo." They were both ranchers in Crockett, Kinney, Terrell, Val Verde and Pecos counties in Texas and ranches in New Mexico.

Tom had two half-sisters, Mammie Kirkpatrick Daniels and Hallie Kirkpatrick Grimmer Wills Black; and one half-brother, John Arthur Kirkpatrick III, who preceded him in death, along with his parents, John and Bobbo. Tom was raised on his parents' ranches 50 miles south west of Ozona in Crockett, Val Verde, Terrell and Pecos counties. He attended the Ozona school system where he fell in love and married Marsha Ella Cunningham, affectionately known as "Tissie" to all who knew and loved her.