Class of 1952
1952 Maroon Spotlight
Delores Brown
Band 49-51, Class Assemblies 49-52, Class Secretary 50-51, Home Room President 50-51, Home Room Secretary 51-52, Mixed Chorus Treasurer 50-51, Jr. Play 50-51, Basketball Queen Attendant 50-51, Band Queen Attendant 51-52, Annual Staff 50-52, All-School Play 51-52, Annual Play 51-52.
1952 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Delores Francine Brown plans to “get married” after leaving Perry high school. She is the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Brown, 1029 Grove street. While at PHS she was in the senior, junior, and annual plays, and senior class assembly, was in the band, high school mixed chorus, and was a member of the annual staff. Delores was born in Seminole Aug. 22, 1934, and went to school in Seminole, Brea, Calkf., Bowlegs, Okla., and Perry.
Delores Francine (Brown) Mitchell
August 22, 1934 – September 23, 2015
Delores Francine Mitchell was born August 22, 1934, in Seminole, Oklahoma, to Frank F. and Etta Faye (Owens) Brown. She passed away at the age of 81 on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at Integris Hospice House in Oklahoma City.
Delores graduated from Perry High School Class of 1952. On June 1, 1952, Delores Brown was united in marriage to Kenneth Bruce Mitchell and to this union three children were born Kenna, Kimberly, and Bruce. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Perry. Delores worked in the accounting department at Ditch Witch for 26 years before retiring. Following retirement Delores was a dedicated volunteer at the PHS Alumni, and the First Baptist Church. On September 17, 2015, Delores was inducted as PHS Alumni Association Honor Roll 2015 for her many years of service to the PHS Alumni Association.
Delores is survived by two daughters, Kenna Buffington and her husband, Larry, of Perry, Oklahoma, and Kimberly Sinclair and her husband, Ron, of Stillwater; one son, Bruce D. Mitchell of North Carolina, three grandchildren, Derrick Sinclair and his wife, Heather, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Daxton Sinclair and his wife, Jenna, of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Desirae Rice and her husband, Jason, of Guthrie, Oklahoma; and seven great-grandchildren, Camryn Sinclair, Peyton Sinclair, Daelon Rice, Jaxton Rice, Arabella Sinclair, Trenton Day, and Aspen Clarkson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 58 years; brother, Emory Raye Brown, and one great-granddaughter Farrah Love Sinclair.
Funeral services will be 10am, Monday, September 28, 2015, at the First Baptist Church in Perry with Reverend Kim Hayes officiating. Interment will follow in Grace Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Farrah Love Foundation (www.FarrahLove.org).