Willard Mullen
Willard Lee Mullen, 79, of the Maysville area (Benton County, Arkansas) died June 11, 2004, at his home. He was born Jan. 23, 1925, in Kit Carson, Colo., to Phil and Lottie Kellogg Mullen. He was a longtime resident of the Maysville area. He was a rancher, carpenter and steel guitar player. He was a former president and charter member of the Northeast Oklahoma Steel Guitar Association, playing steel guitar for various events.
He was preceded in death by one grandson, Billy Mullen.
Survivors include his wife, Nora Mae Mullen of the home; two sons, Bill Mullen and wife Teresa of Maysville and Levi Mullen of Hondo, Texas; two daughters, Cheryl Pickering and husband John of Lumberton, Texas, and Charlene Newell and husband Paul of Gravette (Arkansas); four grandchildren; three brothers, Leonard Mullen of Leota, Kan., Melvin Mullen of Brush, Colo., and Delmar Mullen of Seibert, Colo.; four sisters, Florence Aumiller of Laramie, Wyo., Donna Smith of Paonia, Colo., Shirley Ann Moyer of Chino Valley, Ariz., and Esther Slawson of Aurora, Colo.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday (June 14, 2004) at the Maysville Community Center with the Rev. Raymond Scott officiating. Burial will follow in Maysville Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (June 13, 2004) at Wasson Funeral home in Siloam Springs (Arkansas).
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Maysville Extension Homemakers Club or the Maysville Fire Department.
--The Daily Record, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 15, 2004
1925 - 2004 (79 years)
