Thomas Wayne Mitchell

Background

Mitchell, Thomas Wayne was born on December 20, 1945 in Chillicothe, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas Alan and Doris Lilly (Brammer) Mitchell.

Education

BJ, U. Missouri, 1967.

Career

Reporter, Kansas Missouri Star, 1967-1971; state capital correspondent, Kansas Missouri Star, 1971-1978; metro editor, Binghamton (New York) Press, 1978-1981; city editor, San Diego Tribune, 1981-1988; editor, Marietta (Georgia) Daily Journal, 1988-1989; vice president, editor, Anderson (South Carolina.) Independent-Mail, since 1989.

Achievements

• Thomas Wayne Mitchell has been listed as a noteworthy Newspaper editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director Brighter Christmas Fund Charity, Anderson, since 1989. Sergeant United States Army, 1967-1969, Vietnam. Member American Society Newspaper Editors, South Carolina.

Press Association (freedom of information committee since 1989, board directors since 1994), Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, reading, gardening.

Connections

Married Mary Kay Kolar, Sept.10, 1967 (divorced 1981). 1 child, Jonathan Robert. Married Janette Olene Corey, June 5, 1982.

1 child, Morgan Allison.

Father:

Thomas Alan Mitchell

Mother:

Doris Lilly (Brammer) Mitchell

Spouse:

Janette Olene Corey

Spouse:

Mary Kay Kolar

child:

Morgan Allison Mitchell

child:

Jonathan Robert Mitchell