Mrs. Helen Bledsoe Mullens

Mrs. Helen Bledsoe Mullens, 93, passed away on August 5, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point. Mrs. Mullens was born on October 28, 1921, in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Emmett and Marjorie Meek Bledsoe. She married Dr. John Richard Mullens, Jr., in Clarksdale, Mississippi, on October 12, 1942. Dr. Mullens died on June 19, 1991. Mrs. Mullens was a homemaker and also a bookkeeper for Dr. Mullens. She was a member of First Baptist Church and an active participant in various ministries for numerous years. She enjoyed teaching the young married women’s Sunday School Class, singing in the Adult Choir, and accompanying choirs over the years. Mrs. Mullens studied the Bible daily and was an avid reader. She found great delight in caring for flowers and plants. Funeral services will be Thursday, August 13, 2015, 2:00 p.m., at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend William Love officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in West Point. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her daughters, Linda Mullens Moorcock (Michael) of Bastrop, Texas, and Marianne Mullens Love (William) of Conway, Arkansas; and son, Dr. Richard Mullens, III (Lisa) of Abingdon, Virginia; two granddaughters, Ashlyn Love of Kansas City, Kansas, and Erin Love (Rick) of San Diego, California; one step-grandson, Max Moorcock of London, England. Pallbearers will be Ed Rice, Roger Pryor, Hughey Cooper, William Love, Michael Moorcock, and Richard Mullens, III. Honorary pallbearers will be Ashlyn Love, Erin Love, Max Moorcock, and Mrs Mullens’ caregivers: Amanda Aigner, Gina Brewer, Betty Ensz, Crystal Filbey, Violet Jantz, Lydia Luker, Janna Tarwacki, Katrina Tarwacki and Penny Tarwacki. Visitation will be Thursday, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., at Calvert Funeral Home. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com.