RUTH ALLENE SULLIVAN

Ruth Allene Sullivan, age 86, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2019.  She was a lifelong resident of Dickenson County and a member of Valley View Freewill Baptist Church.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Ira Curtis Sullivan and her parents, Ruben Gerald Sykes and Stella Davis Sykes.

Survivors include four children, Sadra Sullivan of Mission Viejo, Ca., Sharon K. Murphy of Palm Harbor, Fl., Patricia L. Sullivan of Big Stone Gap and David Sullivan of Blountville, Tenn.; two sisters, Lillian Counts and Vivian Kendrotis; three brothers, Glen Sykes, Dallas Sykes, and Leon Sykes; three grandchildren, Megan Mota, J T Wells, and Jessica Sapienza; five great-grandchildren, Tucker Wells, Evan Mota, Angeline Mota, Kellan Mota, and Kara Sapienza.

The family received friends Tuesday, October 29, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Mullins Funeral Home Chapel with a song service that followed at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 1 p.m. at Mullins Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Lynn Vanover will officiate. Burial will follow in the Phipps Memorial Cemetery, Main Street, Clintwood. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Online condolences may be made at www.mullinsfuneralhome.net.

Mullins Funeral Home and Staff are serving the Sullivan Family.