She was born Jan. 26, 1924, in Gideon, Mo., the daughter of the late Peter David Mitchem and Eula Robertson Mitchem.
She was a member of the Full Gospel House of God Church in Malden.
She is survived by two sons, Henry and Vernon Maxwell of Malden; one daughter, Kathy Foley of Piggott; one sister, Lucy Hillman of Clarkton; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, 2003, in the Bradshaw Funeral Home Chapel in Malden with Rev. Ray Fowler officiating. Interment followed in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton.
Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden was in charge of the arrangements.
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