Mitchell Welda Virginia Tillman Mitchell, 87, of Crofton, MD, formerly of Conyers, GA, passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease on April 7, 2009 at La Casa Alzheimer’s Care Facility in Annapolis MD. Welda was born in 1921 in Appling County Georgia to Verda and Robert Tillman. She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty- three years, Horace Mitchell, her parents, her sister and her five brothers. She grew up in Surrency, Georgia where she graduated high school as valedictorian.