Betty Mullins

Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Jo Mullins, age 89, of Mt. Juliet and formerly of Cookeville, will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday August 6 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. Rev. Gary Farris and Rev. Ken Riggs will officiate. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 1 p.m. until service time. Graveside services and interment will be at 3 p.m. Friday August 9 at White Chapel Cemetery in Troy, MI. Mrs. Mullins passed away Friday evening August 2, 2019 at The Gardens at Providence Place Senior Living in Mt Juliet, TN. She was born February 16, 1930 in Randolph County, AR to the late Charles Ernest and Eva Dawson Riggs. Mrs. Mullins was a member of Cookeville Freewill Baptist Church. She was retired from Hollywood Markets in Rochester, MI. She is survived by two sons, Dan Daniel and wife Kathy of Cape Coral, FL, Ken Daniel and wife Vila of Caledonia, MI; daughter, Carolyn Lemaster and husband Buddy of Hermitage, TN; sister, Dorothy Bugbee of Saginaw, MI; three brothers, Lehman Riggs and wife Jean of Cookeville, James Riggs of New Port Richey, FL, Col. Dewight Riggs USA (Ret.) and wife Cathy of Columbia, SC; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband and father to her children, Doyle Daniel; second husband, Thomas Smotherman; and third husband, Claude Mullins; five sisters, Geneva Miller, Lena Mitchner, Eileen Dalton, Madelyn Whittaker, and Ernestine Riggs; and brother, Raymond Riggs. Mrs. Mullins family would like to express their gratitude to The Gardens at Providence Place Senior Living Staff for the care and support rendered to Mrs. Mullins and her family. Memorial contributions Freewill Baptist Church International Missions, 833 S. Willow Ave., Cookeville, TN 38501. Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Share your thoughts and memories at www.hhhfunerals.com.