Melissa Mitchum

Funeral services for Ms. Melissa Mitchum will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 23, 2025, in the chapel of Replogle-Lawrence Funeral Home with Rev. Steven Fonville officiating. Entombment will follow at Highland Memorial Gardens in Jackson, TN. Visitation with the Mitchum family will be held prior from 12 p.m. until service time.

Melissa, 51, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2025, at her home.

She was born in Jackson, TN to John Will Mitchum, Jr. and Natalie Craft. Melissa had previously been employed with Toyota Bodine in Jackson, TN. Melissa was a member of New Hopewell Church of Medina.

She was preceded in death by her father, John Will “J. W.” Mitchum, Jr.

She is survived by her mother, Natalie Craft; sister, Alison McKnight; step-brother, Roger Smith and wife Sandy; nephews, Blake McKnight and wife Lyndsay, John Clayton McKnight; great-nephew and niece, Wyatt and Norah.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), 424 E. 92nd St., New York, NY 10128-6804.