Wise County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Ewing Mullins

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Bristol Herald Courier
Friday, January 24, 2002

Ewing Mullins
    NORTON -- Ewing "Toots" Mullins, 84, was lifted to Heaven on angel wings 
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003, from his home on Thackers Branch Road after a battle 
with Lou Gerhrigs Disease. Toots was an avid fisherman and hunter and was a 
founding member of the Old Dominion Sportsman Association. He was a retired 
coal miner and a member of the UMWA. He was a veteran of World War II, having 
served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was preceded in death by his first wife, 
Glessie Blanton Mullins; two daughters, Billie Wright and Donna Mullins; three 
brothers; and five sisters.
    Surviving are his wife, Catherine Mullins of Norton; four daughters, Sue 
Minor of Wise, Jackie Cooke of Norton, Peggy Wampler of Big Stone Gap and Reedy 
Estep of Gate City; three sons, Ronal Mullins of Spartanburg , S.C., Mark 
Mullins of Norton and Tommy Mullins of Wise; sister, Lillian Boles of Norton; 
14 grandchildren; and a host of great-grandchildren, stepchildren, relatives, 
friends and neighbors.
    The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Hagy & Fawbush 
Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday in the 
funeral home chapel with Rev. Allen Culbertson officiating. Graveside committal 
services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in White Oak Gap Cemetery, where 
military rites will be conducted by Norton VFW Post 4301. In lieu of flowers, 
memorial contributions may be made to the local food bank.
    Online condolences may be made by visiting www.hagyfawbush.com.