Mitchell bequeathed 50 percent of trademark and literary rights of the Mitchell Estate to the Archdiocese of Atlanta, along with personal items of Margaret's. He was survived by several cousins and his sister-in-law Virginia Mitchell. Like his older brother Eugene, Mitchell had no children and died from complications with diabetes at the age of 76 on October 11, 2011. His closest friends were listed in England, and he traveled to Europe as often as twice a year. After graduating, he worked at the MGM publicity office in New York for two years, but after this stint did not work regularly until his death. for his Master's Degree in English Literature.

Mitchell attended the University of Georgia for his undergraduate studies in literature, then went on to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. His Fitzgerald ancestors owned Rural Home, a large plantation in Clayton County. He was the nephew of author Margaret Mitchell, the grandson of suffragist and Catholic activist Maybelle Stephens Mitchell and lawyer Eugene Mitchell, and the great-grandson of businesswoman and landowner Annie Fitzgerald Stephens.

Joseph Reynolds 'Joe' Mitchell was born the second son of Stephens and Carolyn Reynolds Mitchell in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 27, 1935. Mitchell was not a public figure, however, and stayed out of the limelight that came with the inheritance. When Mitchell and brother Eugene inherited the estate, it was worth multi-millions. When Marsh died in 1952, the rights passed to Margaret's brother Stephens Mitchell, and then when he died the rights passed to Eugene and Joseph. Marsh, Margaret's husband, gained the rights to the estate upon her death. Mitchell was fourteen years old at the time and later stated he was in his thirties before he read Gone with the Wind. Upon Margaret's death on August 16, 1949, her two nephews Eugene Mitchell (ApAugust 8, 2007) and Joseph Mitchell inherited $500 each from her estate. Joseph Reynolds Mitchell (Febru– October 11, 2011) was an American heir and philanthropist one of the two nephews of Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the Wind and the last family member to control the Mitchell Estate. Co-executor of Margaret Mitchell's estateĪnnie Fitzgerald Stephens (great-grandmother)

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