Janie Crossland Mullikin, 94, of Anderson, SC passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at Brookdale of Anderson. Janie was born in Anderson, S.C. on March 20, 1925, the second daughter of James Robert Crossland and Violet Magdalene Haulbrooks Crossland. Born during the Great Depression, she and her sister, Helen, helped with household chores while both parents worked in the local textile mill. During her senior year at Anderson Girl's High School she caught the eye of a young man from Anderson Boy's High School. That young man was Hassie Benjamin Mullikin. He didn't know the young girl's name, but he told his friend that she was the girl he was going to marry. He was right! He learned her name, he "wooed" her, and they were married on December 19, 1943. Their marriage was interrupted when Hassie was inducted into the Army and sent to Italy for the duration of World War II. After the end of the war, they literally built their first home themselves, moving into an unfinished, framed-in house with crates for furniture. As Janie said, "We had birds fly into the house because the roof wasn't finished." Hassie worked for Abney Mills as a Mechanical Superintendent and Janie was a Homemaker. They were married for 48 years, and were the parents of three children, Larry Michael Mullikin and his wife, Irene Glenn Mullikin, Carolyn Mullikin Crossland and her husband, Dennis Terry Likosar, and Hassie Lynn Mullikin and his wife, Charlean Richardson Mullikin; five grandchildren, James Gill Knox, IV, Michael Benjamin Mullikin and his wife, Lori Powell Mullikin, Shannon Mullikin Jennings and her husband, Joshua Clay Jennings, Jan Mullikin, Rebecca Lynn Mullikin and Jason Andrew Mullikin and his wife, Kelly Mullikin; she is also survived by her eight great-grandchildren, Benjamin Clark Mullikin, Mark Daniel Mullikin, Sara Elizabeth Mullikin, Caleb Joshua Jennings, Elijah Clay Jennings, Anna Grace Jennings, Jan Amberlin Roberts and Michael Wyatt Roberts. Janie was predeceased by her husband Hassie in 1991, their youngest child, Lynn, in 2017, her sister, Helen Crossland Dobbins in 2007 and granddaughter, Jan Mullikin in 1982. Janie has been a member of Pope Drive Baptist Church for more than 50 years. During that time, she worked with youth groups, directed a youth choir, taught Sunday School, served as Vacation Bible School Principal, and sang soprano in the Adult Choir and the Keen-ager's Choir. Janie enjoyed spending time with friends and family, jigsaw puzzles, peach milkshakes, and music. Janie said, "I feel closest to God when I sing." Now Janie is singing with the angels in God's Heavenly Choir. The funeral service will be held at 3:00pm, Sunday, May 26, 2019 at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel with Rev. Ken Wright officiating. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association, 4124 Clemson Blvd Suite L, Anderson, SC 29621 or charity of one's choice. Events Funeral Service Sunday, May 26, 2019 3:00PM Forest Lawn Memorial Park 2609 U. S. Highway 29 North Anderson , SC 29621 Email: Gail@mcdougaldfuneralhome.com,laurel@mcdougaldfuneralhome.com Phone: (864) 225-1636 Final Resting Place Forest Lawn Memorial Park 2609 U. S. Highway 29 North Anderson , SC 29621