Gertie Bell Mullican

Funeral services for Gertie Mullican, 98, of Troup are set for Saturday, August 11, 2007 at 10 a.m.. at Autry Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Don Chandler officiating. Burial will follow at Providence Cemetery.

Mrs. Mulllican was born on November 11, 1908 in Mount Enterprise to Ed Holleman and Arrie Fussell Holleman. She passed away on August 7, 2007 in Troup.

She was a Dietitian and retired from Rusk State Hospital after 15 years, and she was a Methodist.

Mrs. Mullican was preceded in death by parents; her husbands; Hollis Overall and Delton Mullican and a son, Virgil Overall.

Survivors include four daughters and spouses; Helen Odom and husband Jesse of Troup; Evelyn Barnett Kinnamon and husband Murlin of Jacksonville; Ruth Snelling of The Woodlands; Dottie Mullican and husband Charles of Jacksonville; 11 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Vera Jones, Rusk, and Beaulah Campbell, Tyler; one step-son, Charles Mullican of Jacksonville and one step-daughter, Mary Meyers, Clarendon, TX.

Pallbearers will be Tommy Welch, Doug Lee, Troy McFarland, Ricky Mullican, Gregg Guynn and Mickey Snelling.

Honorary pallbearers are Ronny Mullican and Don Chandler.

Visitation will begin on Friday, August 10, 2007 with family receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

August 9, 2007

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress