ANTHONY (TONY) RYAN MULLINS, AGE 48, OF TAZEWELL, WAS BORN IN HIGHLAND PARK, MI ON JAN. 8, 1963 AND PASSED AWAY ON JULY 20, 2011 AT UT MEDICAL CENTER IN KNOXVILLE, TN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF SEALS CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, PORTER E. MULLINS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER, ANNA (MULLINS) SMITH OF TAZEWELL, TN.; MOTHER, DELORES MULLINS OF TAZEWELL, TN.; BROTHERS, RICHARD MULLINS OF SEATTLE, WA. AND PAUL E. MULLINS OF TAZEWELL, TN.; NEPHEW, GARRETT MULLINS OF FIFE LAKE, MI. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 6-9 PM FRIDAY AT COFFEY FUNERAL HOME IN NEW TAZEWELL. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE AT 11:00AM SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2011 AT THE COFFEY FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH REV. TRAVIS CHUMLEY AND REV. CLIFTON WILMOTH OFFICIATING AND THE WELCH FAMILY SINGING . BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN THE FAIRVIEW CEMETERY WITH STANLEY CAMPBELL, JOHNNIE SEALS , EDDIE COLLINGSWORTH, JIMMIE SEALS, DENNIS LAKINS, CHRIS NORTH SERVING AS PALLBEARERS. COFFEY FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE. FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT WWW.COFFEYFH.COM.