In Memory

Gene Bullington

                 

Gene Bullington

August 24, 1944 - December 28, 2015

Obituary

 

Gene M. Bullington, age 71, left this earthly life to be with the Lord, his mother & dad, and his wife, on Monday, December 28, 2015, at his home in Whitesburg. He was born on August 24, 1944 in Rogersville to Joseph F. & Ina P. Bullington. He moved to Rockford, Illinois at the age of five with his parents. He graduated from Auburn High School in 1962. He then joined the U. S. Navy in August 1962. He served three years before being honorably discharged in August 1965. In 1967, he moved to California, where he met his wife, Virginia. They were married for 33 years before she passed away in 2011. In 1996, he retired from TVA. He attended Highland Baptist Church, when his health allowed.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Bullington; father, Joseph "Short" Bullington in 1989; mother, Ina P. Bullington in 2007; paternal grandparents, Frank and Jennie Bullington; and maternal grandparents, J. R. and Christy B. Parker.
Left to treasure his memories are his son, John Bullington; sister, Evonne Larson and husband, Ron, of Pecatonica, IL; step-daughter, Sherry Parks of Los Angeles, CA; four nephews, Steve (Ging) Riggs of Chatsworth, CA, Mike (Tina) Riggs of Bulls Gap; Mike (Tammy) Larson of N. Manchester, IN, and Bruce (Kassi) Larson of Lubbock, TX; 10 great-nieces and nephews; special friends, Robert Yeghiaian and Paul Smedkey; and special cousins, Carroll David, Joyce Bullington, and Phyllis Wilson.
Funeral services will be held in the Chapel of Stubblefield Funeral Home on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Terry Bunch will officiate. Interment will follow in Hamblen Memory Gardens. Military honors will be provided by VFW Post #5266. The family will receive friends from 6 – 8:00 p.m. Friday evening at the funeral home.
Stubblefield Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.