Roy Mitchell; 74; of Charleroi; Fallowfield Township; died Thursday; Aug. 8; 2002; in Mercy Hospital; Pittsburgh. He was born July 1; 1928; in Belle Vernon; a son of the late Roy S. and Bertha Mae Oliphant Mitchell. He was retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel BOF Department of the Monessen plant and a member of the Valley Inn Sportsmen and past member of the Mon Valley Blood Association. He was preceded in death by a son; Roy R. Mitchell; and two sisters; Agnes Kulka and Florence Fagan. Surviving are his wife; Loretta Faye Nutt Mitchell; and children Robert A. Mitchell and wife Shannon of Greensburg; Loretta K. Stasicha and husband David of Charleroi; Nina Briggs and husband Ken of Charleroi; and daughter-in-law Mary Jo Mitchell of Monongahela; brothers Curtis and Donald Mitchell of Belle Vernon; Ray Mitchell of Charleroi; sisters; Esther Kistler and Dorothy Farkas; grandchildren Kenneth Jr. and James G. Briggs of Charleroi; Suzanne and Mark Stasicha of Charleroi; Cara Jo Mitchell of Monongahela; and Jennifer and Robert Mitchell of Florida; and five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the ELEY-McCRORY FUNERAL HOME INC.; 334 Main Street; Fayette City; on Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday until 11 a.m.; the hour of services in the funeral home with the Rev. Bryan Cinelli officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.