Mary McCune

Mary Martha Mitchell McCune passed away at her Cross Lanes, WV home on December 29, 2012 after a valiant battle with cancer. Mary Martha was born on August 4, 1945 in Columbia, Mo. When she was very young, her family moved to Pratt, WV. She was a 1963 graduate of East Bank High School. She was preceded in in death by her parents, Robert A. Mitchell and Katheryn Prawl. Mary Martha married her classmate and high school sweetheart Jim McCune 47 years ago. She was a hair stylist for several years before she and Jim started and built one of the most successful home business with a billion dollar company, Melaleuca, Inc. Over the last 19 years she and Jim have traveled to 16 different countries, visited almost all 50 states and gone on 11 different cruises because of the business they were able to build together. Mary Martha and Jim were sealed for time and all eternity in the Rexburg, Idaho LDS Temple in October of 2009. Her greatest love and joy was her daughter, Michelle Marie McCune and Michelle?s daughters, Lauren Nicole and Casey Marie. She was a great example of service and a mentor to many people throughout the United States and Canada. After being diagnosed with cancer several years ago, Mary Martha faced her illness with tremendous courage and grace. In recent months, despite her pain, she welcomed every visitor and took every opportunity to lift the spirits of those who were trying to lift hers. Although she will be greatly missed we are comforted to know that we will be together again and that she is the arms of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Surviving are her husband, Jim McCune; daughter, Michelle, of Cross Lanes; granddaughters, Lauren Nicole French (Dakkota) Albaugh of Cannelton, WV and Casey Marie French of Cross Lanes. Brothers, Robert A. Mitchell, Jr. (Ann) and their daughters, Amy and Heather, Columbus, OH; John W. Mitchell (Joanne), Steamboat Springs, CO. and their daughters, Marti and Marissa; sisters, Celia Mitchell, Steamboat Springs, CO. and her daughter, Alexa, Roberta K. Fisher (Steve), Spencer, WV and Robert?s son, Alex and daughter, Emma. Funeral services will be held at 12 Noon Thursday, January 3, 2013 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Teays Valley Ward, 1070 Mt. Vernon Road, Hurricane, WV 25526. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the day center for homeless. The address is: Covenant House, 600 Shrewsbury Street, Charleston, WV 25313 Phone # 304-344-8053 Chapman Funeral Home, 3941 Teays Valley Road, Hurricane is assisting the family.