Lula Bell Sullens

Mrs. Lula Bell Sullens, age 99, of Dahlonega, GA, died Friday March 26, 2010.

Mrs. Sullens was a lifelong resident of Lumpkin County. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Lumpkin County.

She was the daughter of the late Adam Patterson Peck and Carrie Savannah Gillespie Peck. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Sullens, and a daughter, Joanne Hughes.

Mrs. Sullens is survived by her sons, Joseph Sullens, Fred Sullens, Odum Sullens, and Ray Sullens, all of Dahlonega, Bobby Sullens, Masaryktown, Florida, Billy Sullens, Gainesville, GA, Stanley Sullens, Macon, GA; daughters, Margaret Marie Trammell, Dorothy Alene Lingerfelt, Jeanette Geraldine McKinney, Pattie Lou Hester, and Betty Ruth Mason, all of Dahlonega, GA, and Veronia Lee Castleberry, Dawsonville, GA. 66 grandchildren, 131 great-grandchildren, 85 great-great-grandchildren, and a large number of other relatives also survive.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2 PM Monday March 29, 2010 at the Banister Funeral Home Chapel in Dahlonega. Rev. Lyman Caldwell and Rev. Lamar Day will officiate.

Interment will follow in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Lumpkin County.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday March 27, 2010 from 2 PM until 9 PM and all day on Sunday March 28, 2010 until 9 PM.

Banister Funeral Home of Dahlonega is in charge of arrangements.