Mr. Feagin was born March 17, 1971, in Rock Hill, S.C. He moved to Alaska in 1975. He had lived in Anchorage and also Kenai. He attended Kenai Elementary and Middle Schools. He later moved to Homer and attended Homer High School. In 1997, he began working for Carlile/K&W trucking in both Kenai and Anchorage. He worked for them until 2001. He also worked as a commercial fisherman on various boats throughout Alaska beginning as a teenager.

He loved commercial fishing and the ocean.

"After several years of roaming Alaska, Mitch recently had come home to settle in. We are deeply saddened that our time with him ended so unexpectedly. He will be missed but never forgotten," his family said.

Mr. Feagin was preceded in death by his grandfather, Rudell Feagin; uncle, Danny Sherer, grandfather, Albert M. Sherer Jr., and grandmother, Essie B. Sherer. He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Gloria and Scott Walden of Kenai; father, Ron Feagin of Homer; sons Trey and Chase Feagin of Kenai; brother and sister-in-law, Dell and Amanda Feagin of Kenai; grandmothers, Virginia Feagin of Goose Creek, S.C. and Helen Sherer of Rock Hill, S.C.; aunt, Sylvia Cornwell of Rock Hill, S.C.; and numerous other relatives in South Carolina.