Micaiah Samuel Mullen

Micaiah Samuel Mullen

Mount Pleasant

Micaiah Samuel Mullen, 34, was born on June 13, 1988, to Willie Louis and Betty Jean (Barney) Mullen in Mt. Pleasant (Henry Co.), Iowa. He was the youngest of three children. Micaiah departed this life on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at the Henry County Health Center.

Micaiah accepted Christ at the age of six at Second Baptist Church, (now Second Baptist Ministries) in Mt. Pleasant, under the leadership of the Reverend Tony Campbell. Micaiah maintained his membership there.

Micaiah received elementary education at the Owls Nest, Saunders and Van Allen Elementary Schools and Mt. Pleasant Community Middle School. He was a 2006 graduate of Mt. Pleasant Community High School. Micaiah attended and earned credits in the field of Culinary Art from Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids and continued studies at Southeastern Community College in Burlington.

During his early years, he played Little League Baseball. Later, he participated in football, basketball and track. He enjoyed playing pool and traveling. Micaiah’s favorite sport was basketball, which he played until ninth grade. He was an avid fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Cowboys.

He enjoyed working at Wal Mart and at Sirloin Stockade as a chef. However, his employment was short-lived due to medical concerns.

Micaiah was a family-oriented person. He was loving, caring, gentle, polite and thoughtful, always thinking of the “underdog.” Micaiah loved his daughter Vanessa very much and took pride in all her achievements. He loved his brothers, Willie and Cedric, and often expressed a desire to go on a trip with them.

Micaiah was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Leanna Barney Collins (James); paternal grandparents, Sam and Mary Mullen; uncles, Sam Mullen Jr., Jake Mullen, George Mullen Sr., Howard Collins Sr., James Collins Jr., Albert Bennett Sr., Howard Collins Jr. and Walter Collins; and aunts, Frances Mullen, Mary (Mullen) Hairston, Gloria Collins and Lena Collins.

He leaves to cherish his memory his daughter, Vanessa Skye Woodsmall and her mother, Jessica (who was Micaiah’s special friend and longtime classmate), both of Burlington; his parents, Willie and Betty Mullen of Mt. Pleasant; two brothers, their wives and children, Willie and Yolanda Barney, Nehemiah and Priscilla of Omaha, NE, and Cedric and Bridget Mullen, Avery and Connor of Plymouth, MN; aunt, Delores Bennett and her children, Betinia (Darryl) Wade, Carolyn (Robert) Hill, Albert (Tia) Bennett, Timmy (Franchester) Bennet and Michael Bennett, all of Greenville, MS; uncle, Timmy (Myrna) Collins and their children, Christopher (Vanessa) Collins, Antonio Collins and Miriam Collins Holmes, all of Salinas, CA; uncle, Curtis (Stephanie) Barney and daughter, Naudia of North Liberty, IA; uncle, Fleming Mullen Sr. and children, Pat and Fleming Jr.; uncle, Jerome Mullen Sr. and his children, Jerome Jr., Valarie, Treva and Germerish of New York; uncle, Herbert (Ernestine) Mullen of Demopolis, AL; aunts, Mabel Mullen and Minnie Scott and children, John (Edith), Annette and Beth of Demopolis, AL; aunt, Ann Mullen and daughter, Ina (Darrin) Hawkins of Washington, D.C.; aunt, Diane (Dwayne) Hogan and children, Jermaine (Piper) Hogan, Mariah (Jeremy) McMorris and Aaron (Maria) Hogan of Snellville, GA; aunt, Juanita Collins and daughter, Brianna of Greenville, MS; cousins, George Mullen Jr., Royce Mullen, Joyce Mullen, Ralph Mullen, Sam Mullen of Demopolis; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.

The funeral service for Micaiah will be 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 22, at the Iowa Wesleyan University Chapel. The Reverend Tony Campbell of the Second Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant, will officiate. The funeral will be livestreamed on the Kimzey Funeral Home Facebook Page. Burial will be in the Forest Home Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant. Visitation will be from 12 Noon to 8 p.m. on Thursday, October 20, and Friday, October 21, at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 N. Main St., Mt. Pleasant. Micaiah’s family will be present to receive friends on Friday from 4 to 7 p.m.

Memorials may be directed to the family. Online condolences may be directed to www.kimzeyfuneralhome.com.