Mary Elizabeth Mullins Patsel

Mary Elizabeth Mullins Patsel Sept 13, 1925- March 9, 2017 Our precious mama went to her heavenly home with her family by her side on Thursday, March 9, 2017. Mary accepted the Lord as her Savior in 1955 at Spec Mission. She was a charter member of Valley View Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School, served as treasurer, and custodian for many years. Mary read the Bible through 30 times since 1980. She retired from driving a school bus from Botetourt County; then drove special needs children to school until she was 80. She was a strong and hard working woman. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin E. "Bud" Patsel of 43 years; parents, Coy and Clara Mullins; siblings, Jessie, Harry, Donald, and Johnnie Mullins; Katherine Tuttle, Alma Barker, Hattie Mae Bruno, and Patsy Partridge. She is survived by her daughters and sons, Martha Jane (Ron) Porter; Roy "Buddy" (Rita) Patsel; John Patsel (Sue Cochran); and Ruth (Stedman) Grubb; grandchildren, Christie (Claude) Campbell, Josh, Jeremy (Mindy), and Jared Patsel, Jonathan (Megan) Whorley, and Ashley Niday; great-grandchildren, Olivia Campbell, Mason, Harman, and Alana Niday, and Elijah Patsel; sisters, Dorothy Kouyoumjian, Hazel Garcia, and Phyllis "Petie" (Jim) Holt. Funeral Services will be held 1pm Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at Valley View Baptist Church with the Rev. Daniel Boone officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery. The family will receive friends 2-4 and 6-8pm Monday, March 13, 2017 at Botetourt Funeral Home, Buchanan.