{"id":24399,"date":"2024-09-16T14:24:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T18:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=24399"},"modified":"2024-11-04T08:29:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T13:29:32","slug":"tennessee-church-rocked-by-loss-of-pastor-and-his-wife-after-fatal-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2024\/09\/tennessee-church-rocked-by-loss-of-pastor-and-his-wife-after-fatal-car-accident","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Church Rocked by Loss of Pastor and His Wife After Fatal Car Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kirk Baptist Church in Piperton, Tennessee is mourning the loss of its senior pastor, Dr. Bobby Mullins, and his wife, Wanda, who were killed in a car accident on their way back from Wanda\u2019s shift at the Baptist DeSoto Hospital. According to their son, Brandon Mullins, the couple were hit off the road, rolling four or five times, killing Dr. Mullins instantly. Wanda passed away shortly after the accident. The Church posted the couple\u2019s passing on their social media page<\/a>, writing, \u201cKirk Baptist Church family, we want to share with you all that both our pastor, Bobby Mullins, and his wife, Wanda Mullins, have entered Heaven\u2019s gates. We will provide celebration of life plans once available. Please continue to pray for the Mullins family (Brandon, Mallory, and Melody).\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mullins had been married forty-four years and served in ministry together for forty of those years. They leave behind three children and four grandchildren. \u201cWe\u2019re missing them earthly, but they were great parents and instilled the faith in us. That\u2019s carrying us right now,\u201d said Brandon. \u201cNow even though there\u2019s such heartbreak, that Christ is still being glorified through all this, is just incredible,\u201d said daughter Mallory McNabb. Their children take comfort in the fact that they entered heaven together. \u201cThat\u2019s why is horrific as this has been. We are so thankful that God saw fit to take them both because we just cannot imagine them living without the other,\u201d said their daughter Melody Amason. A statement<\/a> from their children read, \u201cWe are shattered and shocked but have complete peace. We know where our dad is as he most faithfully preached about the hope of Jesus Christ and Eternity week in and week out. But more importantly, he lived that hope out every day to his family.\u201d<\/p>\n

An obituary<\/a> for the couple notes that they were raised in Memphis. \u201cThey spent their entire marriage loving and serving God’s people within various local churches in Memphis, Milan, Lenoir City, Oak Ridge, and Knoxville, TN,\u201d noted the obituary. Dr. Mullins was described as \u201cthe more vocal and visible one of the two\u201d while Wanda\u2019s \u201cministry was found on the piano bench and behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kirk Baptist Church in Piperton, Tennessee is mourning the loss of its senior pastor, Dr. Bobby Mullins, and his wife, Wanda, who were killed in a car accident on their way back from Wanda\u2019s shift at the Baptist DeSoto Hospital. 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