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Williamsburg Funeral Home
Williamsburg Funeral Home
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02/27/1932 – 04/28/2022
Kingstree
Funeral Services
A graveside funeral service will be held 3:30 PM, Saturday, April 30, 2022, in Kingstree Memorial Gardens.
Visitation
The family will receive friends after the service at the cemetery.
Memorials
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, Livestream Equipment, 400 N. Academy Street, Kingstree, SC 29556.
Mrs. Malivia Coker “Libby” Mitchum, 90, widow of Gerald David Mitchum, died Thursday, April 28, 2022, at her residence.
Mrs. Mitchum was born February 27, 1932, in Hebron, SC, a daughter of the late Olive Altman Coker and William Alva Coker. She was a graduate of Hebron High School, where she excelled in basketball. She worked for Santee Electric Cooperative for 31 years. Miss Libby was a member of Kingstree First Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Rainbow Sunday School Class and taught the 8-9 year old Sunday school class for 20 years with her husband Gerald. She was a member of the Eastern Star and enjoyed cooking, collecting cookbooks, baking cakes, sewing, and painting the woodwork her husband made. In addition to her parents and husband, Miss Libby was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Coker and a sister, Varner Coker Hanna.
Surviving Miss Libby are: her sister, Hermal June Coker, her brother-in-law, Tommy Mitchum and his wife Diane, and numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and great-great nieces and nephews.
A graveside funeral service will be held 3:30 PM, Saturday, April 30, 2022, in Kingstree Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends after the service at the cemetery. The family would like to thank Regency Southern Care, especially Connie Williams, Sheila McKenzie, Erica Wilkes and Rev. Leo Chatman. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, Livestream Equipment, 400 N. Academy Street, Kingstree, SC 29556.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.WilliamsburgFuneralHome.com.
We’re sorry to hear of the passing of Mrs. Mitchum. Got to know them from coming to Black’s Camp. Gerald helped my mother plant a rose garden-she loved roses and so do I. Gerald and Libby were fine upstanding Christian people.
Libby was a cherished friend for
numerous years. We had many
good times with Libby and Gerald. One special time was our train trip across the United
States to California. Traveled the
southern states going and the
northern states returning. It
was an educational and fun trip.
Libby recently turned 90 and
has said goodby to us to go be
with Gerald and her Lord and
Savior. She will be missed.
Dear Mitchum Family,
Libby was a dear friend to my parents and to us as a family for many years. She and Gerald were devoted to each other and to their Lord, their church, their family and the many friends who were blessed by them. Libby was so smart, creative, and resourceful. She could do just about anything. She was a wonderful wife, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend to so many. We all will miss her, but rest assured that she is now with her Lord and Savior, and is reunited with her beloved Gerald. May God’s love and comfort be with you and may His grace surround you this day and as you grieve in the coming weeks and months. I wish we could be there with you all today. Love and God’s peace.
We are so very sorry to learn of Mrs Libby’s passing. She was always so very sweet to our family.
Such a sweet soul…had the pleasure of knowing and working with her at Santee Electric. She and Mr. Gerald were a joy and they really loved their camping!!