Cleota Clementine Hoskins Wiseman Mitchell, at the age of 97 years old, transitioned to her eternal home on May 13, 2021. She was born April 21, 1924, in Louisville, Mississippi to the union of the late Sam and Janie Hoskins. She was the youngest of six children .

Cleota dedicated her life to Christ at an early age and became a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church in Louisville, Mississippi. After moving to the Mississippi Delta, shejoined Perry's Chapel CME Church in Itta Bena. In 1960, she relocated to Tupelo and joined New Chapel UM Church. She devoted herself to the service of the Lord, teaching Sunday School for forty-plus years. She remained a faithful member until her health failed.

Cleota was educated in the public schools of the Louisville School District, Mary Holmes Junior College, and Itawamba Community College. She was employed as a ward clerk at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was very clever and determined to finish any task she began. She worked hard but also taught the value of hard work.

More than anything, she loved her family. She would recollect and share memorable life stories. She was an avid reader, loved to sew, and enjoyed cooking teacakes for her grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sons, Otho Wiseman, Jr. and Henry Mitchell, Jr. (Janice); five siblings, Pauline Walker, Odessa Robbins, Otto Hoskins, Ellis Hoskins, and Alphe Hoskins; two grand-children, Derrick Wiseman and Lorne Shumpert; and a son-in-law, Noble Shumpert.

Cleota's beautiful life will forever be cherished and remembered by her family. She is survived by four daughters, Valda Shumpert, Tupelo, MS, Deborah (John Howard) Doss, Plantersville, MS, Evalue (John Thomas) Collier, Shannon, MS, and Bonnie Perkins, Tupelo, MS; one stepson Elzy (Cora) Mitchell, Saint Louis, MO; one daughter-in-law Magnolia Wiseman, Belden, MS. She was blessed to have seventeen grandchildren, twenty-six great-grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.