Clara Anne Norris Mullis, 58, of Omega, died Wednesday, September 6, 2006, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 8, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Robert Thompson and Rev. Douglas Gibson will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Wade Hill, David Norris, Spencer Rose, Tyler Rose, Ray Lester and John Setters will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be associates from the K-Mart Store in Tifton. The family will receive friends on Thursday, September 7, 2006, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Ms. Mullis was born on February 1, 1948 in Johnston County, North Carolina and was the daughter of Bill Norris and Viola Sanders Norris, both deceased. She was an assistant manager of the Tifton K-Mart Store and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Tifton. She had lived in Tift County for 35 years.
Ms. Mullis is survived by her husband, James Charles Mullis of Omega; two daughters and sons-in-law, Rhonda and Jimmy Workman of Valdosta and Toni and Bobby Blanchard of Omega; three brothers, Leon Norris of Pine Level, North Carolina, David Norris of Smithville, North Carolina and John Norris of Greer, South Carolina; two sisters, Jean Hill of Clayton, North Carolina, Libby Barnes of Smithville, North Carolina; a special sister, Sonja Baker of Tifton; and three grandchildren, Dusty Blanchard, Bubba Blanchard and Jacob Workman.