Karen Mitchell

August 4th, 1969 – October 4th, 2010 Funeral services for Karen Shields Mitchell, 41, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 7, 2010 at Hartsville Advent Christian Church. The Revs. Todd Tyner and Charles McClendon will officiate. Services will also be held in Saluda, SC at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 7, 2010 in Hickory Grove Advent Christian Church, officiated by the Rev. David McCarthy with burial in the church cemetery. Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is serving the family. The family will receive friends Wednesday, October 6, 2010 from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests that memorials may be made to the Hartsville Advent Christian Church, 533 West Carolina Avenue, Hartsville, SC 29010, or Hickory Grove Advent Christian Church Cemetery Fund, C/O Treasurer T. Mitchell, 1365 Chappell‘s Highway, Saluda, SC 29138. Mrs. Mitchell died Monday, October 4, 2010. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, she was a daughter of Norman and Joanne Miller Shields. She was a member of Hartsville Advent Christian Church and the Women’s Home and Foreign Missions Society. Surviving are her husband, Dr. Benjamin Thomas “Trent” Mitchell, III of Hartsville, SC; son, Benjamin Thomas “Ben” Mitchell, IV of Hartsville, SC; daughter, Katherine Elizabeth Mitchell of Hartsville, SC; father and mother, of Hartsville, SC; father and mother-in-law, Tommy and Brenda Mitchell of Saluda, SC. She was preceded in death by her brother, David William Shields. Visitations: 5:00PM to 7:00PM on Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 at Brown-Pennington-Atkins