Published 3:16 p.m. Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Ross Bob “Dr. Bob” Mullins, Jr. (80) passed distant peacefully astatine the Compassus Bethany House successful Auburn, AL, connected New Year’s Day, 2023. He is predeceased by his parents: Ross & Murrel (Houlditch) Mullins, of Columbiana, AL. He is survived by his beauteous woman of 57 years: Jeannene Hurt Mullins of Opelika, AL; his daughter: Christy (Bret) Coleman of Auburn, AL; his sons: Andy (Susan) Mullins of Tallahassee, FL and David (Kerinsa) Mullins of Denver, CO; his 11 grandchildren: Taylor (Madison) Coleman, Rachel (Ash) Curtiss, Benjamin (Mary Claire) Coleman, Catherine Coleman, Claire Coleman, Katie Mullins, Andrew Mullins, Jacob Mullins, Sean Mullins, Olivia Mullins, and Elizabeth Mullins; his 2 great-grandchildren: Everly Coleman and TJ Coleman; his brother, Jim Mullins (Melbourne, FL); his favourite Uncle Homer Joiner (Columbiana, AL); and many, galore cousins, nephews and nieces.
A lifelong Alabamian, Dr. Bob was calved successful Selma, raised successful Columbiana, received his bachelor’s grade successful Chemistry from the University of Alabama, and completed Medical School astatine UAB. After a abbreviated stint successful the Army and completing his residency, helium promptly moved to West Point, GA, to unfastened a Family Medical Practice successful Valley, AL. Along with Dr. Dan Guin, and aboriginal joined by Dr. Eric Hemberg and Dr. David Fagan, helium served the aesculapian needs of the greater Valley country for 37 years. A fervent advocator for his patients, he
joined the Medical Association of the State of Alabama (MASA) and served arsenic its President from 2004-2005. He represented MASA arsenic a delegate oregon alternate delegate to the American Medical Association (AMA) for 11 years. In 2010, helium was appointed the Director of Medicaid for the State of Alabama, andthen yet settled successful arsenic the Chief Medical Officer for the US Army MEPS Program astatine Gunter Air Force Base successful Montgomery, AL.
Dr. Bob loved his family, Alabama football, speechmaking (particularly biographies, history, bioethics, theology, Sunday greeting comics, classical literature, Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones’ Commentary connected the publication of Romans, and beauteous overmuch thing else), supporting missionaries, going to church, practicing medicine, classical music, sardines, Dad jokes, and gardening. He hated Mexican food, his teenage son’s euphony preferences, greenish beans, relativism, pepper, idle time, indoor dogs, committee games, and (oddly) grits.
Dr. Bob whitethorn person had blase taste, but helium ever considered himself a elemental state doctor. He made predominant location calls to his aged patients, helium was known to stitch up a child’s busted eyelid successful his inferior room, and helium accepted much than 1 container of pecans oregon peaches arsenic outgo successful afloat for his services. An fantabulous doctor, helium made for a lousy patient. Whenever sick, helium was reluctant to instrumentality immoderate medicine for his symptoms, preferring to let nature, and his immune system, to instrumentality their course. After his diagnosis of lung crab successful May, helium opted for palliative care, and often tried to close the recommendations and treatments of his attending doctors and the fantastic Hospice nurses who remained by his broadside until the end.
He near this satellite assured astir his eternal beingness successful Heaven, not by immoderate of his ain merits, but by his
abiding religion successful the merciful sacrifice of Jesus Christ, his Lord and Savior. To grant Dr. Bob’s emotion for
Christ and bosom for missions, the household asks for donations to beryllium made successful lieu of flowers to immoderate of these
ministries: Reformation Baptist Church (PO Box 1364, Wetumpka, AL, 36092), Maranatha Faith Ministries, Inc. (PO Box 2414, Brunswick, GA, 31521), oregon MAI-Soccer (ATTN: Christian Union Sports
Club, 8510 McAlpine Park Dr, Ste. 109, Charlotte, NC, 28211).
A ceremonial volition beryllium held astatine Bolton Funeral Home successful Columbiana, AL, connected Thursday, Jan. 5, with a visitation opening astatine 2pm CST and work opening astatine 3pm. Burial to fo
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