Mrs. Allene Pyron Mitchell, 81, of Grenada, passed away Wednesday, October 11, 2023.  She was born December 3, 1941 in Grenada County to Jim Allen and Hattie Pearl Peeples Pyron.  Allene was a faithful member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Grenada.  She spent most of her working life as an administrative assistant and retired from Thomas Wood Preserving.  Allene cherished the time she got to spend with her family and rarely missed an opportunity to watch SEC and NFL football games.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, October 13, 2023 at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada with Dr. Kevin Jackson and Rev. J. Barry Worrell officiating.   Interment will follow in the Smith Cemetery in the Rosebloom Community of Tallahatchie County.  The family will receive friends from 12:00 noon until service time Friday at McKibben and Guinn.

Survivors include two daughters, Vicki Brannan(Bruce) of Grenada and Melanie Shields(Scooter) of Gore Springs; son, Keith Mitchell(Beth) of Grenada; two sisters, Mary Lynn Todd of Alexandria, LA and Elsa Ayers of Carrollton; four grandchildren, Brooke Beckwith(Randall), Kyle Franklin(Kayla), Matt Mitchell(Leah) and Drew Brannan; and four great-grandchildren, Riley Kate Beckwith, Kimber Franklin, Emma Mitchell and Millie Mitchell.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Berry Mitchell and a brother, Jimmy Carl Pyron.

Sam Allen Ayers, Randall Beckwith, Drew Brannan, Kyle Franklin, Matt Mitchell and Burns Strider will honor Allene by serving as pallbearers and carry her to rest in the Smith Cemetery.  Michael Mitchell, Alton Strider and Mack Strider will serve as Honorary Pallbearers.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada, (662-307-2694).