Kevin and Misty Mitchem met in high school and married 17 years ago.

He loved his kids — always doing something with them,” his mother, Terry Mitchem, said.

Kevin worked as a heavy equipment operator and helped his father, Don Mitchem, with side jobs mowing lawns and hauling trash. .

“He said, ‘Dad, I’m going to the hospital,’” Don Mitchem recounted. .

“He said, ‘I feel bad.’”.

“He said, ‘Dad, I’m scared to death,’” Don Mitchem recalled, stopping to sob.

“He called me up and said, ‘Mom, I love you and I wish that I’d got the shot,’” Terry Mitchem said

“Please get it,” Don Mitchem said through tears

But taking a mother and father is, it’s uncalled for,” he said.