Mary Mitchem

PRINCETON – Mary Jane Mitchem, 50, of Princeton, died Monday, January 17, 2011 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born March 30, 1960 at Princeton, she was the daughter of the late Emery Guy Farmer and Della Mary McKinney Farmer of Rock. Mrs. Mitchem was a member of Fairview Christian Community Church in Princeton. She was a graduate of Matoaka High School and National Business College. She was a former employee of the Circuit Clerk’s Office at the Mercer County Courthouse. She was a nursing assistant at Princeton Community Hospital and was a unit secretary at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. She loved her two grandchildren who were her pride and joy. She was an avid animal lover and loved her flower garden. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Edison Mitchem in 2010; one sister, Delilah June Farmer; and two brothers, Arlie Gus Farmer and Harley Calvin Farmer. In addition to her mother, survivors include one daughter, Keisha Farmer and her fiancé Bruce Davis of Athens; four step-daughters, Bessie Harrison and her husband Mark of Florida, Brenda Roberts and her husband John and Nancy Young and her husband Joshua all of Conway, SC and Connie Rogers and her husband Justin of Myrtle Beach, SC; seven sisters, Phyllis Joann Masters Martin of Princeton, Lilly Louanna Russell and her husband Bob of North East, PA, Alice Yvonne Mathena and her husband Dale of Princeton, Peggy Astor Sanders of Rock, Mamie Marlene Underwood and her husband Beverly of Princeton, Tammy Kay Farmer of Montcalm and Pamela Gay Farmer of Athens; two grandchildren; and 10 step-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 21, 2011 at the Rowland H. Bailey Funeral Chapel of the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Chapel of the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton with the Rev. Larry Dyer officiating. Interment will follow at the Farmer Family Cemetery at Black Oak near Princeton. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mercer County Humane Society, P.O. Box 6069, Bluefield, WV 24701. Friends may call Friday, January 21, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. until service hour at the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton. To view a video tribute to Mrs. Mitchem, or send the family online condolences, please visit www.bailey-kirk.com. Click here to view a video memorial tribute to Mrs. Mitchem

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Mary Mitchem

January 17, 2011