Zella Yates Mullins

November 24, 1921 - February 6, 2021

Zella Yates Mullins, age 99, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2021 at Ballad Health Hospital in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. She was born November 24, 1921, to Sylvan and Dacie Stanley Yates of Caney Ridge. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Worley Mullins and her brothers, Theo Yates, A.L. Yates, Foster Yates, and Holmes Yates; sisters, Agress Yates Salyers, Osa Yates Stanley, and an infant sister; a daughter, Mavis Mullins Underwood, a son-in-law, Cecil Underwood; and two daughters-in-law, Wanda Kiser Mullins and Anne Crabtree Mullins. She is survived by: Three Sons: Ronald (Shirley) Mullins of Caney Ridge, Sylvan Mullins of Abingdon, Virginia, and Virgil “Jack” (Patty) Mullins of Morristown, Tennessee One Daughter: Mary (Don) Biggs of Richmond, Virginia One Brother: Phillip (Valerie) Lee of Big Stone Gap, Virginia Eleven Grandchildren Several Great Grandchildren A host of relatives and friends A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at the Yates Family Cemetery, Caney Ridge Section, Clintwood, Virginia at 1:00 p.m. Jack Mullins and Sylvan Mullins will officiate. Burial will follow. Masks will be required and current COVID-19 guidelines will be followed. Sons and grandsons will serve as pallbearers. In lieu of flowers, please donate to your church or favorite charity. Mullins Funeral Home and Staff are serving the Mullins family. Condolences may be made online at www.mullinsfuneralhome.net.