Mable Catherine Bowen Bullard-Piver, 86, of Whiteville, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Bluefield Memory Care in Leland, NC.

Mable was born on June 5, 1939, daughter of the late Hubert Hezekiah Bowen and Amanda Smith Bowen.  She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Michell Ray Piver, Kent Delane Bullard; son, Patrick “Pat” Delane Bullard; siblings, Doris Hart, Joanne Long, Martha Simmons, Hubert Bowen, Robert Bowen, and Betty Jo Etheridge; a great-grandchild, Andrew Daniel Gralak.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 30, 2026, at Cypress Creek Original Free Will Baptist Church with burial to follow in the Hosea Simmons Cemetery; Pastor Jeff Barton will officiate.

Visitation will be from 10:00-10:45 a.m. prior to the service on Monday, at the church.

The surviving family includes four children: Theresa Davis, Sue Irving, Mike Bullard, Sandra Blake; seven grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; seven great-great grandchildren; siblings, Yvonne McPherson and Jack Bowen.