Martha Elizabeth Beall Jennings Mitchell was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on September 2, 1918, to cotton trader George V. Beall and theatrical instructor Arie Beall Ferguson.
Later in life, she recalls playing with the children of her African-American “mammy,” who resided with the Bealls since other relatives were far away. She has sung in a church choir as a youngster, and her mother wanted for her to become an opera singer.
Martha Mitchell family
About her family, not much is known. It is noted that Mitchell died on May 31, 1976, from the advanced stages of multiple myeloma at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York City.
At the time, she was 57 years old. Her funeral service was placed at the First Presbyterian Church.
husband
She got married twice. She first got married to John N. Mitchell and later got married to Clyde Jennings Jr.
children
She has 2 children who are Clyde Mitchell and Martha Elizabeth Mitchell Jennings, Jay
George V. Beall and Arie Beall were her parents. Her father was a cotton dealer, and her mother was a speech and theatre instructor.
siblings
Some sources say she has siblings whiles others say claim she doesn’t.
