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Mr. Max Mullins died around midnight Wednesday night. A truly great and honorable man.
Mr, Max came into our lives in the nineties when Larkin and Breck were about 14 & 15. Dickey was off at MSU. Mr. Max took my boys under his wing, especially Breck. Breck was at a time in his life when he needed male guidance. With no living grandfather, Max Mullins and Ray Blackledge became his grandfathers.
Mr. Max taught him so much about life and how to live life honorably. From building the batting cages & the outfield wall, from selling flowers to planting a garden (Southern Farms Nursery), from measuring houses for insurance claims to repairing houses, Mr. Max taught Breck life time skills.
Breck always told about ridding with Mr. Max. Breck was the chauffeur…but Mr. Max gave him directions the entire time. It did not matter if Breck had driven the route fifty times, Mr. Max would say “turn up here…yes that’s right…oh yeah.” Now, when I tell Breck how to drive he calls me Mr. Max.
Mr. Max adored his wife Mrs. Jo. Breck loved both of them. During the work week, Breck and Mr. Max would go to their home where Mrs. Jo always fixed them sandwiches (when she wasn’t loving on Patrick!). When Mrs. Jo died, Mr. Max showed Breck how to go forward even in death. When Larkin died, after seeing me, Breck went straight to Mr. Max.
How do you thank someone who showed your son Christian living, morals, love of others, and helping others. There really wasn’t anything Mr. Max could not do! Lessons were taught by an honorable men.
Mr. Max loved his family! My mercy, he adored Paul and Winston and Melissa and Kecia. His grandchildren were his pride: Marley, Patrick, and Crosby. Because Mr. Max loved others, everyone of his family inherited the same trait.
As I write this, the memories flood my mind.
Mr. Max was a founder of Simpson Academy. He always loved to tell Breck how he could stand on the hill and still see the trees that covered the football field. His devotion to baseball at SCA and developing the fields was legendary. Sports was not all Mr. Max loved. He believed in education and provided computers several times to SCA.
I am “into” the word honorable…because I have decided there are so few honorable people in the world. No doubt, Mr. Max was honorable. He was a Christian always involved in his church. He loved to sing!. In my book, being honorable is the greatest compliment anyone cam receive, Mr. Max, you were honorable.
(The featured picture is the last picture Mr. Max and Breck made together. Breck visited him in the VA Hospital in Collins)
