Rev. Donald Bruce Mitchell

Services for Rev. Donald Bruce Mitchell will be held at 1:30 PM on Monday, May 11th at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home, Natchitoches, Louisiana, with Dennis Mitchell and Rev. Tommy Rush officiating. Visitation will be from 11 AM - 1:30 PM. A Graveside service will be held at the Ft. Jesup Cemetery at 3PM. Those honored to serve as pallbearers will be his grandchildren Bryan Mitchell, Kyle Mitchell, Jenna Mitchell Fritz, Joshua Mitchell, and Abby Mitchell.  Honorary pallbearers will be Matthew Mitchell and Andrew Mitchell

He was born in Many, Louisiana on June 29, 1939, and passed away on May 7, 2026, in Natchitoches, LA. He graduated from Many High School in 1957. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Math Education from Louisiana Tech in 1962, and earned a Master of Divinity Degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas in 1968. He completed a Doctor of Ministry Degree from Luther Rice Seminary in 1979. He pastored several churches in Louisiana, Texas, and Colorado, and preached revivals in several states, as well as Canada and South Korea.

In addition to his family, Brother Bruce loved to pastor and preach the unsearchable riches of Jesus Christ. His last full-time church was First Baptist Church in Alto, Texas, where he served from 1995 - 2004. He decided to retire from full-time ministry on his 65'h birthday and moved to Natchitoches in order to be near his mother in her later years and siblings who also lived in Natchitoches. After retirement, he served as interim pastor at Trinity Baptist Church in Natchitoches, Fairview Baptist Church, and First Baptist Church Provencal. He “retired” again in June of 2014, near his 75th birthday.

Brother Bruce is preceded in death by his parents, Edgar Willard and Pinkye Mitchell; brothers Charles, Keith, Kerry, and sister Glenda Davis. He is survived by his loving wife Nita, three sons Randy and wife Lee Ann of Vine Grove, Kentucky; Dennis Mitchell and wife Karen of Auburn, Alabama, and Darron Mitchell and wife Christy of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and 7 grandchildren Bryan Mitchell, Kyle Mitchell and wife Michaela, Jenna Mitchell Fritz and husband Jake, Joshua Mitchell and wife Lauren, Abby Mitchell, Matthew Mitchell and Andrew Mitchell. He is also survived by his sister Louise Martin, and brother, Kent Mitchell and wife Lee Ann, and sister-in-law, Millie Mitchell.

A special thanks to the doctors and staff at NRMC for the excellent care he received.