Shird Ray Mullins, 79

Shird Ray Mullins, age 79, of Hurley, Virginia, went to his Heavenly Home on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at the Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, Virginia.

 

Shird was born on October 13, 1945, in Buchanan County, Hurley, Virginia. He was the son of the late Roy Nelson Mullins and Fannie Coleman Mullins.

 

Shird was a loving husband and father. He was a member of the Old Regular Baptist Union Association and a lifelong resident of Buchanan County. He worked in the coal mining industry for thirty-one years. He enjoyed working with his farm animals, going to livestock markets and flea markets. He liked to trade and swap. He never met a stranger and had many friends. He loved to help everyone.

 

In addition to his parents, Roy and Fannie Mullins, he was preceded in death by daughter, Ginger L. Charles; sisters, Shirley Matney and Jean Justus; brothers, Henry Mullins, Carlos Mullins, Donald Lee Mullins, Thomas Mullins, Abraham Mullins, Dennis Mullins, and Robert Hatler Mullins; and son-in-law, Craig Hurley.

 

Those left to cherish his loving memory include his wife of sixty years, Peggy Mullins of Hurley, Virginia; daughter, Gina Mullins Hurley of Hurley, Virginia; brother, Edward Mullins and wife Lois of Wytheville, Virginia; sisters, Rebecca Kennedy and husband David of Bassett, Virginia, and Sarah Catron and husband David of Bassett, Virginia; and son-in-law, Waldon Charles of Grundy, Virginia. He is also survived by several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

 

There will be a service for Shird Ray Mullins on Friday, March 14, 2025, 7:00 P.M. at the Bailey Funeral Home, Elkhorn City Kentucky, with all Elders of the Old Regular Baptist Union Association officiating. The family will receive friends at 6:00 P.M.

 

There will also be a service for Shird Ray Mullins on Saturday, March 15, 2025, 7:00 P.M. at the Virginia Funeral Home Chapel, Grundy, Virginia, with all Elders of the Old Regular Baptist Union Association officiating. The family will receive friends at 6:00 P.M.

 

A funeral service will be conducted on Sunday, March 16, 2025, 2:00 P.M. at the Virginia Funeral Home Chapel, Grundy, Virginia, with all Elders of the Old Regular Baptist Union Association officiating. Burial will follow at the Rife Cemetery, Guesses Fork Road, Hurley, Virginia.

 

Serving as pallbearers will be family and friends.

 

The Virginia Funeral Home of Grundy, Virginia, is honored to serve the family of Shird Ray Mullins.

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