Betty C. Mullins

She retired from Magnavox.

Betty was a member of Mt. Bethel Free Will Baptist Church.

Betty was a woman of faith and love; she loved the Lord and her family more than anything. She was a wonderful wife; amazing mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend to everyone she met. Everyone was family, even if not by blood, and always welcomed into her home. She loved to quilt and just like her quilts, that was her life. She took the pieces of her life and sewed them together to make her the strong woman that she was. She always had a kind word, smile, and open arms to brighten anyone’s day. If you knew Betty, then you knew a true godly woman whose character, morals, and beliefs will continue to make an impact on the lives of everyone who knew her.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law: Robert “Butch” and Mary Jane Mullins of Afton; daughters: Patricia Miller of the home and Marylin Thomas of Newport; three grandsons: Robert Pridemore of Chuckey, Galum Pridemore of Afton, and Russell Mullins of the U.S. Air Force, stationed in England; three granddaughters: Tracie Jones of Afton, Kellie Shelton of Greeneville, and Angela Thomas of Newport; eight great grandchildren; brothers and sisters-in-law: Kyle and Barbara Earley and Jimmy and Linda Earley of Chuckey, Nellie and Gene Quillen of Greeneville; sister-in-law: Kathy Earley; and several nieces and nephews.

She was the daughter of the late George and Fronia Gass Earley and was preceded in death by her husband: Robert “Bob” Mullins; sister: Mary Britton; and brothers: Billy Joe Earley and Hack Gass.

The family will receive friends 5pm-7pm Wednesday at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home.

Following visitation, the funeral service will be held at 7pm Wednesday, May 29, 2013, in Kiser-Rose Hill Chapel with Rev. Raymond Perry, Rev. Ronnie Baxter, and Rev. Roy Lane officiating.

Interment will follow at 11am Thursday at Salem Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery. Family and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10am Thursday to go in procession to the committal service.

Pallbearers will be Randy Earley, Rickey Earley, Wes Tucker, Justin Adams, Jordan Cox, and Brandon McHan.

Honorary pallbearers will be Glen Earley, Ron Crum, Wesley Gray, and Steve Cutshaw.