Thomas L. Mitchell, age 72, of Southside, departed this life on October 25, 2019. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 28, 2019 at Collier-Butler Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. until the time of service Monday. Joey Jones will officiate. Burial will be at Williams Southside Memorial Park in Southside, AL. Collier-Butler Funeral and Cremation Services will direct. Mr. Mitchell was a veteran and served his community of Southside as a volunteer fireman and medic until his retirement after 25 years of service. Mr. Mitchell is preceded in death by his parents, Margaret and Leonard Mitchell and his brother, Dennis Mitchell. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; children, Terri (David) Zammit, Sheila Mitchell, Buddy (Terri) Mitchell, Chris Mitchell, and Danny (Holly) Mitchell; sister Teresa (Mario) Alvarez; brother, Mike (Dawn) Mitchell; sister-in-law, Loretta Mitchell; twelve grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren with three more to be born in the coming year; and a host of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be his grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be the Southside Fire Department. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to your local Boys & Girls Club Branch.