Joseph Andrew Mitcham

Joseph (Joe) Andrew Mitcham, 31, of Charlotte passed away on September 29, 2013, after a twelve year disability from a traumatic brain injury suffered in an auto accident. He was born in Raleigh, NC on January 21, 1982. Joe was a 2000 graduate of Providence High School where he made both All State and All Conference as a baseball pitcher. He attended Western Carolina University where he was a pitcher on the Catamount Baseball team.

Joe is preceded in death by his grandparents, Arthur and Juliette Crabtree of Greensboro, NC and Hubert and Marie Mitcham of High Point, NC.

Joe is survived by his parents, Monique Crabtree Mitcham and David Louie Mitcham of Charlotte; brothers, William Samuel Mitcham of Charlotte and Louie Anthony Mitcham of Greensboro; sister-in-law, Kimmy Mitcham of Greensboro; nephew, Avery Joseph Mitcham and niece, Ellie Charlotte Mitcham, both of Greensboro; uncle and aunt, Anthony (Tony) and Carolyn Crabtree of Smith Mountain Lake, VA; aunt, Betty Mitcham of Fort Mill, SC; cousins, Courtney Crabtree of Greensboro, Katie Crabtree of New York City; great-aunts, Alice Taylor and Lena Scott and great-uncle Harvey Taylor, all of Williamson, WV.

The family would like to thank Drs. Michael Friedland, Manish Damani and Ben Bringardner and Bayada Nursing, including Joe’s in-home nurses, Deborah Dease and Penny Potts, and Bayada Manager Billie Maynard for their excellent and loving care. A special thanks to Pam Burton of Westminster, SC; Connie Dunn and Jan DeNeve of Charlotte,

and Odessa Cooper of Rock Hill, SC, along with the Travelers Insurance organization and Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools for their compassion, support and assistance these past twelve years.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be sent to the Western Carolina Baseball Program, Office of Development & Alumni Affairs, 201 HF Robinson Building, Cullowee, NC 28723.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 2 from 6 – 8 pm at McEwen Pineville Chapel, 10500 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28105. Online condolences may be left at www.McEwenPinevilleChapel.com