1. 1940 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Barkers Ridge District; E.D. 55-4; taken on 24 Apr 1940; page 82A; Image 21 of
54; Household #182.
Listed as Clyde Mitchum; age 10; born in WV; 1st grade education; attending school; lived in same house on
1 Apr 1935; in household of grandfather, Samuel P. Mitchem, with parents.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1952); Page 486; WV Archives Web Site.
Riley Clyde Mitchem; age 21; born at Bud, WV; single; living at Marianna, WV; son of Luther and Virginia Mitchem;
married on 15 Mar 1952 at Pineville, WV; Twila Jane Whitt; age 18; born at Amigo, WV; single; living at Marianna,
WV; daughter of Tolbert and Nora Whitt.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1952); Page 486; WV Archives Web Site.
Riley Clyde Mitchem; age 21; born at Bud, WV; single; living at Marianna, WV; son of Luther and Virginia Mitchem;
married on 15 Mar 1952 at Pineville, WV; Twila Jane Whitt; age 18; born at Amigo, WV; single; living at Marianna,
WV; daughter of Tolbert and Nora Whitt.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1963); Page 182; WV Archives Web Site.
Billy Douglas Sarks; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; living at Alexandria, VA; son of Ray and Velma Sarks;
Wanda Kaye Mitchem; age 17; born in KY; single; living at Wolfpen, WV; son of Walter and Elsie Mitchem.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1963); Page 182; WV Archives Web Site.
Billy Douglas Sarks; age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; living at Alexandria, VA; son of Ray and Velma Sarks;
Wanda Kaye Mitchem; age 17; born in KY; single; living at Wolfpen, WV; son of Walter and Elsie Mitchem.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Northfork District; Crumpler; taken on 26 Apr 1930; Page 63A;
Family #179.
Listed as Gradie Mitchem; age 6; born in WV; in household of father, Audley H. Mitchem.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Northfork District; Crumpler; E.D. 24-53; Page 992B; Image
14 of 62; Household #113.
Listed as Grady Mitchem; age 16; born in WV; 8th grade education; not attending school;
lived in same place on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Audley H. Mitchem.
3. Mercer Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1942); Page 27; Line #44; WV Archives Web Site.
Grady D. Mitcham; age 19; born and living at Crumpler, WV; single; married on 28 Dec 1942 at
Princeton, WV; Mary H. Walker; age 16; born at Pensok?, WV; single; living at McComas, WV.
4. "WWII Young American Patroits, 1941-1945"; McDowell Co; Page 400; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Gradie Dennis Mitchem; Specialist Second Class US Navy; born 11 Nov 1923; entered service 19
Apr 1943; served at Great Lakes, IL; Shoemaker, CA; Honolulu, HI; South Pacific Theater;
PHilippines; Guam; Saipan; Tinian; Palau; Bainbridge, MD; awarded 4 Bronze Stars; VM, America;
AP; PI Liberator; attended Crumpler Junior High School; Methodist; son of M/M/ Audley Henderson
Mitchem, Crumpler, WV; husband of Mrs. Mary Helen Walker Mitchem, Crumpler, WV.
5. FindAGrave,com Website; submitted by Lqqkn4Family; 15 May 2016.
" Gradie Dennis Mitchem
Birth 1 Nov 1923
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Death 7 Jul 2008 (aged 84)
Burial
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 162632669"Additional Information Posted:
"Register Herald
7/9/2008
"Gradie Dennis Mitchem"On Monday, July 7, 2008, Gradie Dennis Mitchem of Beckley, formerly of Oceana, passed away at 7:20 a.m. after a long illness at the Greystone Retirement Village in Beaver. He was in his 84th year.
"Born Nov. 11, 1924, in Crumpler, WV., he was the son of the late Audley Mitchem and Zora Shrewsberry Mitchem.
"He served in the Navy during WWII, and returned home to his family to work in the coal mines. He retired from Eastern Coal Company in 1979. He attended Kopperston Freewill Baptist Church, where he served as a Deacon until the early 90s. A 42-year resident of Oceana, he settled in Beckley in 1993. He continued his work with the church after moving to Beckley at the Bradley Freewill Baptist Church.
"He is preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Mary Helen (Walker) Mitchem; his son, Kenneth Ray Mitchem; and his sons-in-laws, Roger Walker and Ron Lewis.
"Those left to cherish his memory are his daughters, Brenda Lewis of McCalla, Ala., and Dianne Walker, and a daughter-in-law, Sandra Mitchem, both of Oceana; four grandchildren: Kelly (Lewis) Santos of Alpharetta, Ga.; Stephanie (Walker) Mullins, of Midland, N.C.; Gradie Ray Mitchem of Pleasant Hill, Ohio, and Freida (Mitchem) Lambert of Bud, WV. Six great-grandchildren, Brooke Mullins, of Midland, N.C.; Gradie Ray Mitchem Jr. of Pleasant Hill, Ohio; Austin Mullins of Midland, N.C.; Michaela Lambert, of Bud, WV.; Marina Santos, of Alpharetta, Ga.; and China Lambert, of Bud, WV. He is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
"Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Thursday at the Melton Mortuary Chapel, at 1200 Harper Road, Beckley, with the Revs. Daniel Legg and Charles Tilley officiating. Committal service will be 3 p.m. in the Garden of Last Supper at the Roselawn Memorial Gardens on the Bluefield Princeton Road.
"Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the mortuary and one hour prior to the service on Thursday.
"Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
"Condolences may be mailed to the family at melton@wvdsl.net
"Arrangements by Melton Mortuary, Beckley.
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"1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Northfork District; Crumpler; taken on 26 Apr 1930; Page 63A;
Family #179.
Listed as Gradie Mitchem; age 6; born in WV; in household of father, Audley H. Mitchem."
1. Mercer Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1942); Page 27; Line #44; WV Archives Web Site.
Grady D. Mitcham; age 19; born and living at Crumpler, WV; single; married on 28 Dec 1942 at
Princeton, WV; Mary H. Walker; age 16; born at Pensok?, WV; single; living at McComas, WV.
2. FindAGrave,com Website; submitted by Lqqkn4Family; 15 May 2016.
" Mary Helen Walker Mitchem
Birth 24 Jan 1926
Death 11 Jan 1994 (aged 67)
Sweeneyburg, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Burial Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: Burial unknown
Memorial ID 162633280"
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1963); Page 283; WV Archives Web Site.
Ronald Brian Lewis; age 18; born in Cleveland, OH; single; living at Jesse, WV; son of W.A. and Lena Lewis;
married on 23 Nov 1963 at Kopperston, WV; Brenda Joyce Mitchem; age 18; born in WV; single; living at Hatcher,
WV; daughter of Grady and Mary H. Mitchem.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1963); Page 283; WV Archives Web Site.
Ronald Brian Lewis; age 18; born in Cleveland, OH; single; living at Jesse, WV; son of W.A. and Lena Lewis;
married on 23 Nov 1963 at Kopperston, WV; Brenda Joyce Mitchem; age 18; born in WV; single; living at Hatcher,
WV; daughter of Grady and Mary H. Mitchem.
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Adkin District, taken on 23 May 1910, Page 29B, Family #253.
Listed as Bertha Mitchem, age 5, born in WV, in household of father, Noah G. Mitchem.
2. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Adkin District, taken on 11 Feb 1920, Page 305B, Family #612.
Listed as Bertha M. Mitchem, age 15, born in WV, in household of father, Noah G. Mitchem.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1920); Page 163; WV Archives Web Site.
Hugh Stevenson; age 24; born in Tazewell Co, VA; single; miner; living at Gary, WV; son of Jim and
Minnie; married on 18 Feb 1920 at Gary, WV; Bertha May Mitchem; age 15; born in McDowell Co,
WV; single; daughter of Noah and Louvicie.
4. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Venus; taken on 12 Apr 1930; Page 33A; Image 39
of 61; Family #506/559.
Listed as Bertha M. Stevenson, age 24; born in WV; married at 14; in household of husband, Hugh
T. Stevenson.
5. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Bertha McKinzie; born 30 Jan 1905; died in Mar 1986; last residence, Bluefield, Mercer Co, WV;
SS#236-60-6318; card issued in WV in 1955.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1937); Page 456; WV Archives Web Site.
Carl E. Mitchem; born 5 Mar 1916 at Gary, WV; living at Big Four, WV; son of Carle Day and Nora
Sizemore; married on 24 Dec 1937 at Superior, WV; Virgie Mitchem; born 25 Jan 1921 at Harmans
Branch, WV; living at Big Four, WV.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Big Four; taken on 21 Apr 1930;
Page 185A; Image 59 of 73; Family #496/541.
Listed as Virgie M. Mitchem; age 9 yrs, 3 mons; born in WV; in household of father, James G.
Mitchem.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1937); Page 456; WV Archives Web Site.
Carl E. Mitchem; born 5 Mar 1916 at Gary, WV; living at Big Four, WV; son of Carle Day and Nora
Sizemore; married on 24 Dec 1937 at Superior, WV; Virgie Mitchem; born 25 Jan 1921 at Harmans
Branch, WV; living at Big Four, WV.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1963); Page 54; WV Archives Web Site.
Robert Brownfield; age 25; born in OH; single; living at Stephenson, WV; son of Paul and Alice Broomfield; married
on 2 Feb 1963 at Beechwood, WV; Brenda Mitchem; age 18; born at Pageton, WV; single; living at Stephenson, WV;
daughter of Carl and Virgie Mitchem.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1963); Page 54; WV Archives Web Site.
Robert Brownfield; age 25; born in OH; single; living at Stephenson, WV; son of Paul and Alice Broomfield; married
on 2 Feb 1963 at Beechwood, WV; Brenda Mitchem; age 18; born at Pageton, WV; single; living at Stephenson, WV;
daughter of Carl and Virgie Mitchem.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1961); Page 284; WV Archives Web Site.
Harold Grady Carbaugh; age 21; born in Windom, WV; single; living at Itmann, WV; son of
Alford and Flossie Cooper; married on 30 Dec 1961 at Baileysville,, WV; Dolly Lee Carbaugh;
age 18; born in Baileysville, WV; single; living at Baileysville, WV; daughter of Elliott and Lena
Carbaugh.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1965); Page 84; WV Archives Web Site.
Harold Cooper; age 24; born 23 Jul 1940; born at Windom, WV; married once previously; divorced;
living at Itmann, WV; son of Alfon and Flossie (Hatfield) Cooper; married on 6 Feb 1965 at Mullens,
WV; Lillian Mitchem; age 19; born 4 Jun 1945 in PA; single; living at Itmann, WV; daughter of James
A. and Violet (Presley) Mitchem.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1965); Page 84; WV Archives Web Site.
Harold Cooper; age 24; born 23 Jul 1940; born at Windom, WV; married once previously; divorced;
living at Itmann, WV; son of Alfon and Flossie (Hatfield) Cooper; married on 6 Feb 1965 at Mullens,
WV; Lillian Mitchem; age 19; born 4 Jun 1945 in PA; single; living at Itmann, WV; daughter of James
A. and Violet (Presley) Mitchem.
2. Giles Co, VA; Marriage License #68 008465; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Harold Blain Cook; age 27; born in Marianna, WV; single; works in natural gas; living in Wyomig,
WV; son of Blain Dale and Grady Prince (Browning) Cook; married on 14 Mar 1968 in Pearisburg,
VA; Lillian Glenda Cooper; maiden name Mitchem; age 22; divorced; one previous marriage;
born in Philadelphia, PA; living at Box 156, Itmann, WV; daughter of James Abraham and Violet
Marie (Presley) Mitchem.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Big Four; taken on 21 Apr 1930; Page 185A; Image 59 of 73;
Family #496/541.
Listed as Abraham L. Mitchem; age 5 yrs, 8 mons; born in WV; in household of father, James G. Mitchem.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns creek District; Big Four; E.D. 24-43; taken on 15 Apr 1940; Page 851A;
Image 45 of 48; Household #344.
Listed as Abraham Mitchem; age 16; born in WV; 7th grade education; attending school; in household of father,
James G. Mitchem.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1943); Page 329; WV Archives Web Site.
James A. Mitchem; age 18; born at Eckman, WV; single; living at Big Four, WV; married on 6 Feb 1943 at Kimball,
WV; Violet Presley; age 16; born in VA; single; living at Big Four, WV.
4. US Public Records Index, Vol 2; Ancestry.com Web Site.
James A. Mitchem; born _________; living at BO Ward Hall, Itmann, WV 24847.
5. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
James A. Mitchem; born 7 oct 1923; died 28 Aug 2001; last residence. Itmann, WV; SS#233-34-8819; card issued
in WV before 1951.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1943); Page 329; WV Archives Web Site.
James A. Mitchem; age 18; born at Eckman, WV; single; living at Big Four, WV; married on 6 Feb 1943 at Kimball,
WV; Violet Presley; age 16; born in VA; single; living at Big Four, WV.
2. US Public Records Index, Vol 2; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Violet M. Mitchem; born 2 Mar 1926; living at PO Box K, Itmann, WV 24847.
3. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Violet M. Mitchem; born 2 Mar 1926; died 15 Mar 2002; last residence, Itmann, WV; SS# 233-34-7896; card issued
in WV before 1951.