Luella Mitchell Wandick Coleman was born February 21, 1920 to Mamie Cohen Mitchell and Joe Eddie Mitchell in Conway, Arkansas. Luella was the third child born of eight children. The family later moved to Boley, Oklahoma. During her childhood life she attended school in Conway, Arkansas and Boley, Oklahoma. As an adult most of her employment was in the field of domestic housekeeping, and restaurant/cook work. Later she expanded her work field as a foster parent. In early adulthood, she married Sam McKinley Wandick of Wewoka, Oklahoma and to their union eleven children were born. In 1944 the family moved to Spencer, Oklahoma. Luella as a child attended church in Conway, Arkansas and Boley, Oklahoma. Later she became a member of First Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. F.E. Rankin, following at the same church under the leadership of Rev. Earl Booker and Rev. Andrew Bolton, and last under the leadership of her son Rev. Raymond Wandick. She was very active in First Baptist as a Deaconess, member of the Golden Age Choir, President of Women's Missionary Union, Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. She was recently inducted into the First Baptist Church's Hall of Faith on February 2014. She is preceded in death by her parents, four brothers: Roy Burgess, J.C. Mitchell, J.D. Mitchell and Eddie Joe Mitchell, two sisters: Bessie Mitchell McBroome and Joyce Mitchell Kimbro, one son: James Roy Wandick, two daughters: Gladys Wandick Parker and Lois Jean Wandick Swain, five grandchildren, husbands: Sam Wandick and Bennie Coleman. Luella leaves to cherish her memory, one son: Rev. Raymond Wandick (Marva), seven daughters: Othel Walker and Darlene Mukes of Spencer, OK, Joyce Smith of Denver, CO., Mamie Wandick of Lee's Summit, MO., Sammye Wandick of Raytown, MO, Brenda Ross and Yvonne Gill (Ronald) both of Kansas City, MO, one brother: Joseph Mitchell of Spencer, OK, several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews, cousins, many other relatives and friends.