Ira James Mullis Sr.'s Obituary
Mr. Ira James Mullis, Sr., 96, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2023, at Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House in Salisbury after several months of declining health. He is now with his Lord and Savior bowing before His feet singing and praising.
A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Saturday, February 4, 2023, at Living Waters Church. Rev. Kevin Corl, Rev. Wade Easom, Sr. and Rev. Brad Hargett will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:00 pm Friday at Lady's Funeral Home and also from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm Saturday at Living Waters Church.
Mr. Mullis was born June 2, 1926 in Concord. He was a son of the late Lonnie Mullis and Elizabeth Davis Mullis. Ira served in the US Army in WWII. He became a barber starting Concord and later owned and operated his own barbershop in Kannapolis for over 62 years at various locations. Starting at the old Ballpark Barber Shop on Gay Street, old Freeze's Barber Shop on West C Street, Helms and Mullis (Drye) Barber Shop on Oak Avenue in downtown Kannapolis and finally Mullis Barber Shop on Jackson Park Road. However, Ira was best known for his love and service to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ not only at church but in his everyday life. He lived out his witness everywhere he was, be it in his barber chair, church, in a store, or around family or friends or anyone else. Whomever Ira spoke with, they knew him as a humble man and one who loved Jesus Christ first and foremost. While he was a member of several churches including Calvary Baptist Church and Midway Methodist Church, in his later years, he enjoyed Multiply Church (Concord First Assembly), Blackwelder Park Baptist and Living Waters Church of God. Ira was also an active member, even at 96, for Mid Carolinas Tres Dias (MCTD).
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by wife, Adelaide Rebecca Mullis; his two sisters, Hazel Mullis McClamrock and Evelyn Mullis Moore; and his brother Leroy (Doc) Mullis.
Mr. Mullis is survived by three sons, Ira James Mullis, Jr. "Jimmy/Jamie" and wife Sandra, David Mullis and Mark Mullis; two daughters, Joyce M. Small and husband John and Sarah M. Meitzler; three grandchildren, Jennifer Small Mason and husband Billy, Jan Small Drake and husband Randy and Karen Mullis Shaver and husband Robert; nine great grandchildren, Solomon Mason, Aleistar Mason, Tobin Mason, Alora Drake, Evan Drake, Hannah Shaver, Amber Shaver, Dillion Shaver, Jacob Shaver; two great-great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews and their children.
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