Charles "Bo" Robert Mitchell

Charles “Bo” Robert Mitchell, 92, of Asheville, passed away on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at Mission Hospital. Born in Buncombe County to the late Charles G. and Daisy Marie Brown Mitchell, he was a mail carrier with the US Postal Service, a veteran of the US Navy and a member of Crosspoint Community Church. In addition to his parents, he is also preceded in death by his wife, Frances Bollinger Mitchell; daughter, Janet Lee Mitchell; son-in-law, Wayne Burns and siblings, William and Harry Mitchell, Ruth Fleck, Jane Beeson and nephew, Jack Bollinger. Survivors include daughter, Susan M. Burns of Jonesborough, TN; sister, Doris Pollock of Myrtle Beach, SC; nephews, Ronnie, Bob, Jimmy and Bruce Bollinger, Mike and Andy Beeson and Bryan Fruend; nieces, Dawn Hess, Kelly Laney, Ann Meechie, Jessica and Diane Fruend, Susan Barbara and Deborah Bollinger. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Groce Funeral Home on Tunnel Road. Revs. Barry Fisher and Earl Jones will officiate and burial will follow in Drexel Memorial Park. Pallbearers serving will be Bryan and Mark Freund, Rick Richards, David Young, Mike and Andy Beeson. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. After the service, the family invites friends to the Fruend home, 1281 Old NC 18, Morganton, NC. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Crosspoint Community Church, 119 Cumberland Ave., Asheville, NC, 28801, or to Morningside Baptist Church, 14 Mineral Springs Rd., Asheville, NC, 28805.