Sandra T. White Mitchell, born September 30, 1947 to Alexander "Buddy" White and Clara (Sanders) White. She was born and raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She attented Douglass Elementary and Sadler Junior High School and graduated from Manual Training High School. Upon graduation, she attended Langston University, graduating with a Baccalaureate in Elementary Education. During those years, she met the love of her life, William B. Mitchell. They married on June 28, 1969. From this matromony came Bridgett and Brittani Mitchell. Sandra taught for 30 years at North Highland Elementary, Longfellow Elementary, and Wilson Elementary. A member of the Oklahoma Education Association, Episcopal Church Women, and a worker for the Children's Network Television. She loved to travel with her family and after the passing of her husband in November of 2003, she, her daughters, and her sister Sweet traveled.