BIG STONE GAP, VA.                     FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Vella Ann Mullins, 83, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, February 14, 2025 at the Bristol Hospice House in Bristol, TN.

Vella was born and raised in Alderson, West Virginia and was of the Christian Faith. She was a former employee of MSHA and the FBI where she retired after 54 years of Government Service. After her husband passed she moved to Bristol, TN to live with her daughter and son-in-law and two granddaughters, who were her pride and joy.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James E. Mullins; parents, Clovie and Estie Bryant Tincher; and four sisters, Juanita Warden, June Peck, Viola Noland and Geneva Burns.

Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Mitzi Adkins and husband, Jon; four grandchildren, Jarrett Adkins and Trinity Adkins and two very special granddaughters who adored their GEEN, Madelyn Adkins and Maycee Adkins; two step-sons, Joe Mullins and Michael Mullins; brother, Charles H. Tincher; sister-in-law, Mary Ruth Collier and husband Bob; several nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services for Vella Mullins will be conducted at 7:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at the Sturgill Funeral Home Chapel in Wise, VA with Rev. Jeff Sams officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:30 P.M. till time of services at 7:00 P.M. Tuesday at the Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise, VA. Graveside committal services and burial will be held at 12 noon Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at the Powell Valley Memorial Gardens in Big Stone Gap, VA. Family and friends will meet at 11:10 A.M. Wednesday at the funeral home to go to the cemetery in procession. Please visit www.sturgillfuneral.com to leave online condolences for the family.

Sturgill Funeral Home 1621 Norton Road SW Wise, VA 24293 is in charge of arrangements.