James Daniel Mullen

james mullen
JAMES DANIEL MULLEN FLETCHER – James Daniel Mullen, 49, of Laurel Loop Rd, Fletcher, died Sunday, February 6, 2011. A lifelong resident of Fairview, Mr. Mullen was preceded in death by his son, Brian Burleson, a sister, Dorothy "Dedee" Mullen, and a brother, David Richard Mullen. He was a former member of the Fairview VFD. He also worked as a truck driver, and served in the U.S. Army. He was a "mountain man" who loved the outdoors and his family. Mr. Mullen is survived by his parents, Phillip James and Oie Jordan Mullen; a sister, Phyllis Gillen; daughters Amy Mullen and Tinette Mullen; fiancée Katherine Guffey; 6 step children, Colby Carliss, Justin Davis, Steven Davis, Megan Galloway, Austin Guffey, and Bryson Guffey; grandson Kaden Copney; and extended family and many friends. A funeral service will be at 6:00 p.m. Thursday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home. His family will receive friends following the service. Donations may be made to the Fairview VFD or to the family to help with expenses.

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  1. A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam, and for a brief moment, its glory and beauty belong to our world…but then it flies on again, and though we wish it could have stayed, we feel so blessed to have seen it.
    Jim certainly added beauty and love to all of our lives. He will be greatly missed. With Deepest Sympathy. Grammie

  2. We’re sorry for your lose. Our prayers go out too Jim’s family and friends. He was a wonderful father, a great friend, and someone u could depend on no matter what. He maybe gone in person but he’s here in spirit. Jim u always told us ‘ The good die young.’ We luv & miss you. Until we met again. RIP Jim.

  3. My thoughts and prayers go out to Jim’s family and all his friends. I knew Jim from long ago. And he always had a smile and could make you laugh so much. He has touched a lot of people and he was good to my son Billy Matthew Early. Peace be with you my friend. Cindy Early Culton

  4. Baby not a single second of the days go by that Im not thinking of you, I miss you so much, I know your not here in person but you will always be right here in my heart, you will always be the light of my life, I will always love you, I am so proud that you came into my life and brought me so much love and happiness. Rest now love, and I will see you when its time, love you always, your baby!!

  5. jim was a fun and funny man,he will be missed.are prays and thoughts will be with your family in these trying times.take comfort in the fact that he is in goods hands.We will miss you Jim.

  6. I am so sorry for your loss, Kathy. I wish we could be there for you right now. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

  7. To my dearest daddy- even though we are heartbroken that u had to go. I am going to try my best to hold my head up high and do what u would want tinette and I to do and that is be happy and continue to love life as u did. May u RIP and shine down on us all. Thank u for EVERYTHING u taught me in life. I will cherish our memories for lifetime. Love ya daddy
    AMY LYNN

  8. To my dearest daddy- even though we are heartbroken that u had to go. I am going to try my best to hold my head up high and do what u would want tinette and I to do and that is be happy and continue to love life as u did. May u RIP and shine down on us all. Thank u for EVERYTHING u taught me in life. I will cherish our memories for lifetime. Love ya daddy
    AMY LYNN

  9. My heart goes out to my Kathy and her family. I love you girl and I’m here for you no matter what. Daddy Jim, thank you for always being there for me and for all the talks and the good times. You always made me feel like I was home with you and you claimed me as family since day one. I love you cause you were a daddy and a true friend. Rest in peace now angel, and I’ll do what I can to take care of our girl. xoxoxoxox

  10. Dearest Jimmy,I hate that your smileing face will not be aroung for us to see, You were a very big part of our lives ,we will miss you and remember the good & happy times.Your whistleing every morning…we will always remember you!(‘The Mountain Man.’:)) May you rest in the arms of our Lord and forever know ,& WE LOVE YOU Jimmy ! Always & FOREVER!!!!!! KIM ,JUSTIN,STEVEN and FAMILY!<3 🙂 <3 'Shine On' May GOD keep and watch over your lil girls :)'I know you will.':)RIP

  11. Dearest Jimmy,I hate that your smileing face will not be aroung for us to see, You were a very big part of our lives ,we will miss you and remember the good & happy times.Your whistleing every morning…we will always remember you!(‘The Mountain Man.’:)) May you rest in the arms of our Lord and forever know ,& WE LOVE YOU Jimmy ! Always & FOREVER!!!!!! KIM ,JUSTIN,STEVEN and FAMILY!<3 🙂 <3 'Shine On' May GOD keep and watch over your lil girls :)'I know you will.':)RIP

  12. My prayers and thoughts are with all of Jimmy’s family. I knew him for many years and mostly in his younger days as our neighbor growing up. He had a wonderful Mother that will miss him forever.

  13. im so sorry for your loss.sorry i could not be there my thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family…

  14. My Dearest Jimmy,After leaveing you tonight I thought how sad your family was,i met your gielfriend she said we could be friends and I though that was sweet,I know you would have wanted this and I think it will be great. I aaaaaaaaaaaaam so so sorry for the family that has lost such a wonderful MOUNTAIN MAN:,everyone that meet you ‘loved you!’ ..NO DOUBT! The places that I remembered are great memories&more than I could have ever imagioned.I love your wonderfull at heart and that was everything about you. Our trust was wonderfull to remember,I hated seeing you there,I hated leaveing you alone.I have to remember that you ‘ARE’ with the LORD now.It’s hard. Steven and Justin will miss you terribly,you were the best daddy they ever had. You know this and they will remember all of the things you had done teaching loveing the earth and nature the way you did.All the wonderfull things you tought them,standing strong (as family should ,and loveing Amy like they do was great to have a great sister,everything together,hunting ,fishing,camping,& hanging out by the fire place inside and or outside was great memorie too,….The wonderfull lake and lake ,omgoodness…. the things go threw my mind.:) Thanks forthe good times ,sorry for the sad,but I know going forward in your life was a part of your soul (but not leaveing us so soon!!!),I miss and still love you so very much .You will always be my true love and my heart in the middle at that! I thought you and David passed an a Sunday just as you did,and I am sure that was ment to be and he greeted you with a smile:).So with our pain and love we hope you run in the feilds forever ,even if we tied a twinkie to get David to run..lol!.remember that?? I feel like I am talking to you straight up and this will be in my heart,forever your friend & your ‘KIMSTER’,I will be.:) You 2’nd wife and the most happy person in the world that we shared our time together,we know what the future had held and that will be between you ,I and God.Things changed,I hope Dawn can know that she was a lucky girl. I loved being your well that’s between me and you so I will leave that out.lol! 🙂 🙂 ;)I will always remember this as well,so for her I am deeply sorry.Your lil ones need you and watch over Justin and Steven too babe,our granchildren were their tonight too.Kinsley 5 and Brookie 4,They know where you are.I do to I just hate to say goodbye,I WON’T! I will say ..I love you my Jimmy,and C-ya Later !…Untill that day ,may your loved ones be comforted.Please keep your lil girls,I will miss you so visit when you can . ALL our LOVE Calvin,Rick,Scott,Brook,Scott,,Josh,Mathew,Maria,Ronnie,look for Nancy …say ‘hi1’and ofcourse Cindy. Bless you dear one ,,,say hello to Brian too! Smile like you tought me,and tonight I will especially think of your family as to prey to them very hard to find comfort and please dear LORD watch over Phyliss,ahe has lost it,let her know your ok,…ok? love you always ‘The KIMSTER LOL!:) :)’ Thanks for all of the flowers you gave me and the roses,I will never forget the wildflowers we grew together and so much more,The day you asked me to marry you was like a fairy tale,never again will that happen,it only comes around once:) Thankyou! 🙂 ;)Love Forever KIM MULLEN

  15. Kathy~~
    We only got the privlege of meeting Jim one time, but from that one time we could tell he was a good man, and seeing how happy he made you was really all that mattered….This is going to be a very hard time for you. You are in our thoughts & prayers, remember there are many that love you sweetie..

  16. Hey hunnie, just wanted to let you know that I was thinking of you, and even though the pain feels unbearable right now, I can smile because you brought so much joy to my life, I can laugh because you had so much humor, I can live because you showed me how to love life, I can go on because I have your love in my heart, I can be strong because I loves the strongest man I ever knew, you made me promise to always help take care of Toogie and I will do my best to do that, all of our babies have a peice of you and they will always love their daddy jim, thank you for all that you done for me and taught me about life, every minute of our life together I will cherish til we meet again, I love you my baby

  17. Our family will miss the laughs we shared every time we ran into Jim. He was always alot of fun!

    Blessings to his family & friends,
    Sona and Marie


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