HomeTeam Pest Defense's Mitt Foley Passes Away

Howard "Mitt" Foley

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Howard “Mitt” Foley, Florida regional vice president, HomeTeam Pest Defense, was killed in an automobile accident in northern Florida on Saturday, Dec. 3. Foley is survived by children Kayla and Kyle. A memorial service will be held at Curlew Hills Memorial Gardens in Palm Harbor on Friday, Dec. 9 at 4:30 p.m.

Foley was an integral part of HomeTeam’s beginnings. He joined HomeTeam Pest Defense in 1989 and opened the company’s second branch in Tampa, where he served for a while as the only employee. He was instrumental in the growth of the company’s pest management services and successfully helped with the Centex HomeTeam Services acquisition in 1996.

Builder sales brought Foley to Florida in the mid-1980s. Throughout the years, he remained actively involved with the Tampa area builder associations and earned HomeTeam’s Region Manager of the Year award twice.

Foley grew up in the Atlanta area as one of five children. He attended the University of Georgia, where he became a life-long Bulldog fan. Friends and coworkers remember Foley as a warm, caring person, manager and father.