Zeke's Brother

Dad's Big Brother Clarence died this morning at about 4 am. He was a great man. He taught Dad how to play a guitar and mentored my dad in many ways. Dad is the last of his siblings left and these next few days will be difficult for him. Please keep him in your prayers as well as my Uncle Clarence's family.
This picture was taken in December 2005. It was the first time that Ebbie met her Great Uncle Clarence. Dad was very happy to introduce his youngest grandchild to his big brother.

September's Gone

Well September has come and gone and Zeke (daddy) celebrated his 89th birthday. My sister Judy and her handsome boyfriend Charlie set up a get together for Zeke's birthday. The family was together to celebrate Dad's 89th. All five of the Mullins kids and families were there and many grandchildren and great grandchildren, niece's, nephews and great niece's and nephews were there. The day was beautiful and the visit was nice. The only dark spot on the entire day was that Zeke's 98 year old brother who had planned on attending was in the hospital with pneumonia. Clarence (Zeke's brother) had made it a goal to attend the party but unfortunately he was not well enough to make it. Zeke did get to spend time with Clarence before the party and had a wonderful visit. Clarence is now gravely ill and the family needs your prayers..... I will share pictures of the day with you and say a great big thanks to all family members who made it a very special day for Zeke (Daddy)...
Also Zeke's oldest boy shared a new song he had just written and I can't wait until he is ready to share it it with everyone. A beautiful song.....

Visiting Zeke's parents graves

Spent all day with Mom and Dad as we visited their parents grave sites. It is always nice when I get to spend with Dad and Mom especially when they tell me a story I have never heard before. Yesterday was one of those occasions. Mom said when Dad and her first got married they lived on Jackson street and she said she was doing dishes and told dad she didn't have any way of draining the dishes. So the next thing she new dad was out back breaking boards and hammering. She said he came back in with this awful thing he had built out of broken boards. It was for her to use to drain her dishes. Dad laughed and said I remember that. He said I didn't have a saw or anything so I just took my foot and broke some boards and nailed them together. Mom said Mrs. Mullins (grandma) came in and said EARCEL I wouldn't tell anyone I made that horrible thing. lol... a great day...

Thanksgiving with the family

Daddy had a great day on Saturday with all of us. Scot and Judy couldn't be there but a lot of us were. Larry hosted us at his house and everything was great.
Here are some pictures. Great time was had by all!

Zeke and Doris

Larry and Daddy

Me,Ebbie and Daddy

Daddy always has a great time when the family is together. He misses doing his radio show on a full time basis and misses his listeners too.
Everywhere I go people ask how he is and tell me how much they miss him. Let me tell you he misses you too. He is and always will be a people person.
Hope all had a great thanksgiving.

Update!

I went to vist with Mom and Dad the other day and Dad was back to his old self. He was having a lot of fun playing with Ebbie. They lost their cable after the storm and they didn't have water for a few days but all is back to noraml now. I am looking forward to them moving closer to us. I am also looking forward to Thanksgiving with the family this year.

Zeke's 88th Birthday

We celebrated Zeke's birthday on Sunday September 13th this year. He turned 88 on Monday. Doris had a cook out for Zeke and the kids. All five children made it and a good time was had by all. Here are some pictures and clips from the party. The cake was inspired by a record that Zeke made in the 60's about the Beatles invading the US. He had a daughter Judy who was a teenager when the invasion hit so he penned a song entitled "Beatle Fan" off the Timber label in 1964. The flip side was "Worried Man".

Zeke's Visit

Well Dad and I and Ebbie went to the Adult Day Care on Thursday to visit with some
of the Alzheimer's patients. We stayed for a couple of ours. It was tough going
at first but once we got Dad started he was Zeke again. He told jokes and stories
and then he even got John Simon's guitar out and played some music. Ebbie enjoyed
spending the day with her papa. She sang and told stories too. It was nice being
able to spend some time with tow of my favorite people.