Mickey Sugg Mullikin

Mickey Sugg Mullikin, 91, of Morehead City, died peacefully in her sleep early Sunday morning, April 11, 2021.

A celebration of Mickey’s life will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 17th, at the Cape Carteret Presbyterian Church, 100 Yaupon Drive, Cape Carteret.

Mickey was born in Kinston, North Carolina, to Isaac Palmer and Mildred Taylor Sugg. She attended Grainger High School and graduated as Valedictorian of her class in 1947. She went on to attend Women’s College in Greensboro, North Carolina, where she graduated with a BS in mathematics. Upon graduation, she accepted a job as a cryptographer in Washington, DC where she met her husband, Tom Mullikin. They were married on June 14, 1952 and had 66 happy years together.

Mickey was a loving and happy homemaker. She volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, loved to knit, and read, and was a terrific bridge player. She was very involved with her grandchildren and the family spent many happy hours at the beach and in the Colorado Rockies.

Mickey is survived by her daughter, Sarah Mullikin of Morehead City; sons, Thomas W Mullikin, Jr. and wife Carla of Warner Robins, GA, and James C Mullikin and wife Liz of Bethesda, MD; brother, Herbert Taylor Sugg and wife Jone of Kinston; four grandchildren, Ryan Patrick Mullikin and wife Laura, Thomas Busick, Kelsey Taylor Chase and husband Nick, and Andrew Carter Mullikin; and her first great-grandson, Samuel Thomas Mullikin, was born in February.

She is predeceased by her husband and her twin brother, Isaac Palmer Sugg, Jr.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Crystal Coast Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box 789, Newport, NC 28570.

Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net

Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home & Crematory in Morehead City, NC.