• Married to Theresa Pipkin Mitchell • Two children and two grandchildren • Member of the Saraland Lions Club since 1985. • President twice • Secretary four times • Lion of the year • Sponsored 35 Lions Club members • Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow • Zone Chairman 5 years • Region Chairman twice • District 34N Secretary 2005/06 • Southeastern Lions Leadership Institute 2005 • Certified Guiding Lion • LCI Leadership Metal 2012 • Distinguished Leadership “Light The Path” banner from J. Frank Moore III, International President 2001-02 • Certificate of Appreciation from Ashok Mehta, International President 2005/06 • Organized the Satsuma, Alabama Lions Club, chartered 11/11/11 with 40 members. • Organized Bay Minette, Alabama Lions Club, chartered 11/13/12 with 22 members. • Alabama Lions Mission Trip to Juchipila, Mexico, February, 2012 • Organized Tillman's Corner Lion Club, chartered 11/12/13 with 20 members.