Charlotte NC United States

June 7, 2007

 

Johnnie Stegall Mullis Mrs. Mullis, 83, of Marietta, GA, died Monday, June 4, 2007. 'Miss Johnnie' was preceded in death by her husband, Vance C. Mullis, Jr., in 1977.

 

She is survived by her four children: Patricia Tracey and her husband, John, of Florida, Paulette Trachian and her husband, Barkev, of North Carolina, Vance C. Mullis III and his wife, Gail, of Georgia, and Johnny P. Mullis and his wife, Phuong, of Georgia; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two more great-grandchildren yet unborn; her younger sister, Grace Stegall Griggs; and her in-laws, Leona Stegall; Harvey, Jack, Gene, Dale, and Jim Mullis; Vera McBride, Doris McLain, Rachel Starnes, Joyce Belk, Jo Watson, and Sylvia Lemon. Miss Johnnie was Aunt Johnnie to scores of nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews.

 

She was active in Bible Baptist Church of Marietta and its mission work, helping those in need and providing a variety of support activities. Miss Johnnie was able to find anything anyone needed, from a replacement bolt to a toy for a child to reading glasses to a spare coat for someone cold, in the cavernous trunk of her car. She called providing for others her 'work.' She loved gardening and flowers and taught this love to her grandchildren. As in Proverbs 31:28, 'Her children arise and call her blessed...'

 

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, June 8, 2007 at McEwen Funeral Service Mint Hill Chapel. Visitation will be held from noon to 2:00 PM prior to the funeral service at the funeral home.

 

There was also a service in Marietta, where she had lived since 1970. She was born as Johnnie Pauline Stegall, July 3, 1923, in Charlotte and was a graduate of Oakhurst High School. She was very active in the founding years of Charlotte's Northside Baptist Church.

 

She will be buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Mint Hill beside her husband. Arrangements are in the care of McEwen Funeral Service Mint Hill Chapel.