Mitchel Patrie House Jr.

Mitchel P. House, Jr. passed away on September 6, 2016. A memorial service will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Friday, September 9, 2016 at 11:00AM. The Reverend Bryan Hinson will be officiating. Burial will be private. A visitation will follow the service in the undercroft of the church. Mitchel P. House, Jr. was a founding Member of the law firm of Sell & Melton LLC. Mr. House enjoyed the AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible peer review rating in legal ability and ethical standards, for over thirty years. He has been selected by his peers as one of Georgia's Super Lawyers in 2004-2012. In 2009, Mr. House was the recipient of the Macon Bar Association Judge William Augustus Bootle Professionalism Award. He was a litigation attorney for the Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc. Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, conferred an AB Degree with a major in law on Mr. House in 1956 and he received a Juris Doctor Degree, Cum Laude, from Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in 1959. He took and passed the bar examination and was admitted to law practice in 1958 while he was still in law school. He received the Outstanding Freshman Law Student Award, the Outstanding Senior Law Student Award and the Mercer Cauldron Outstanding Law Student Award. He graduated first in his law class and was Assistant Editor-In-Chief of the Mercer Law Review. Mitchel was admitted to all state and federal trial courts in Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court, the United States Eleventh and Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. A Brigadier General, Georgia Army National Guard-Retired, having combined enlisted and commissioned service of over 32 years, Mr. House retired from the military in 1986 and was awarded a U. S. Presidential Citation, The Legion of Merit, in recognition of a distinguished career as a part-time soldier. Previously he had been awarded the U. S. Meritorious Service Medal, the Georgia Distinctive Service Medal and the Georgia Meritorious Service Medal, among other decorations and awards. He served as the State Judge Advocate for the Georgia National Guard for approximately ten years and supervised a staff which provided complete legal services for the Georgia Army National Guard. His reorganization of the military justice and legal assistance programs of the Georgia Army National Guard received nationwide recognition. Formerly a Lay Reader authorized to administer the chalice and an occasional preacher at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Macon, Georgia, Mr. House served as Senior Warden on two occasions and served as Chancellor. An occasional lecturer at trial seminars through the years, he was a member of the Macon Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice and was a founding member and is a Master Emeritus of the William A. Bootle American Inn of Court. Mitchell was a former Legislator in the Georgia General Assembly. A former President of the Exchange Club of Bibb County, Georgia, Mr. House had been active through the years in various civic and charitable endeavors. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. Mitchel was predeceased by his wife, Linda Roberts House; parents, Mitchel and Mamie House, and his step son Stewart Lee Mullins. He is survived by his daughter, Laura House Roberts of Lilburn, GA; son, Mitchel P. House III (Susan) of Atlanta; step daughter, Laura Mullins Genone (Scott) of Roswell, GA; five grandchildren, William Tyler Roberts of St. George Island, FL, Alexander Cole Roberts, Los Angeles, CA, Alec House of Atlanta, Davis House of Atlanta, Loren House of Atlanta; four step-grandchildren, Joseph Andrew Genone of Roswell, Alexander Stewart Genone of Roswell, Caroline Elizabeth Genone of Roswell, and Obediah Lee Mullins of Copper Hill, TN; brother, Robert O'Cain House and his wife Julia of Macon; nephew Robert O'Cain House, Jr. (iris) of Macon, and niece, Bonnie Lynn Arbo of Amelia Island, Fl. Register online at www.hartsmort.com. Hart's Mortuary, Cherry Street has charge of arrangements.

Visitation will follow service in the undercroft of the church. Burial Private.