Graveside service for Command Master Chief (Retired) W.A. "Allen" Mullins, 65, Snyder, will be at 11:00 am Thursday, November 8, 2012 in the Centerville Cemetery, West of Mountain Park, OK, with Daryl Perry, Indiahoma, OK officiating. CMC Mullins passed away Sunday, November 4, 2012 at his home in Snyder. Burial with Full Navy honors will be in the Centerville Cemetery, West of Mountain Park, OK, under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Snyder. He was born May 24, 1947 in Hobart, Oklahoma to Floyd Earl and Ruth Pearl (Snow) Mullins. He retired from the US Navy after 26 years service. He spent 3 ½ years in Vietnam, participated in the invasion of Cambodia, and was in Beirut, Lebanon on 23 October, 1983 when a terrorist bomb blew up the USMC headquarters. He received numerous awards and citations. He was a writer after his retirement, and received several awards for his short stories. He is survived by his three sisters, June Hix-Tucker of Snyder, OK, Sheila Bass and husband Fred of Lawton, OK, Sammie Neugebauer and husband Don of Indiahoma, OK, half-sister Susie Hollis of Mountain Park, OK, a brother John F. Mullins and wife Charlene of Mountain Park, OK, and a nephew, Don Hankins of Snyder, OK. He was preceded in death by his parents. In lieu of flowers, Memorial contributions can be made to the Centerville Cemetery Association, c/o Bank of The Wichita's, Snyder, OK or to the Snyder First United Methodist Church.