Adelaide Rebecca Barrier Mullis

August 23, 1928 - May 10, 2019

Mrs. Adelaide Rebecca Barrier Mullis, 90, passed away Friday, May 10, 2019, at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. A funeral service is scheduled for 4:00 pm Sunday, May 12, 2019, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Brad Hargett, Rev. De Hillyer and Rev. T.C. Plexico will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3:45 pm Sunday at Lady's Funeral Home. Mrs. Mullis was born August 23, 1928 in Mt. Pleasant. She was a daughter of the late Ed More Barrier and Bessie Bost Barrier. Adelaide graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne College with a Bachelors Degree in Teaching. She taught in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Rowan Counties. A devoted Lutheran, she was a member of Midway United Methodist Church and CFA Senior Activities. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Jacqueline B. Porter, Geraldine "Jerry" B. Chandler and Carolyn B. McLaughlin. Mrs. Mullis is survived by her husband of 66 years, Ira J. Mullis, Sr.; two daughters, Joyce M. Small and husband Johnny of Concord and Sarah Meitzler; three sons, Ira James Mullis, Jr. and wife Sandra, David B. Mullis and Mark A. Mullis, all of Kannapolis; three granddaughters, Jennifer Small Mason, Jan Small Drake and Karen Mullis Shaver; nine great grandchildren; and one great-great grandson. Memorials may be sent to Lenoir-Rhyne University, PO Box 7467, Hickory, NC 28603 or to NC Lutheran Synod, Where It's Needed Most Fund, 1988 Lutheran Synod Drive, Salisbury, NC 28144.