Myrtle Mills, November 05, 1917 — December 26, 2018

Obituary for Myrtle Mills Myrtle Lee Greene Mills died on December 26, 2018 at the Colonnades in Charlottesville, VA where she had lived for more than 15 years. There will be a memorial service at 1:00 PM on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at First United Methodist Church in Springfield, TN. She was born on November 5, 1917 in Knox County, TN, the daughter of Oscar DeRieux Greene and Mary Mae Huffaker Greene.

She graduated Berea College in 1940 with a B. S. and received a M. Ed. From Austin Peay State University in 1976. She worked as a field representative for the U. S. Farm Security Administration during World War II.

Later, she taught middle-school science and was a special education teacher in the Robertson County, TN public schools and elsewhere, retiring in 1980. During retirement she was an adult literacy volunteer. She was a lifelong Methodist and served on the Official Board of First Methodist Church in Springfield, TN.

She was predeceased by her sister, Anna Mary McNutt; her brother, Oscar DeRieux Greene, Jr; and her husband of fifty years, Frank Elston Mills. She is survived by a son, David Elston Mills (Eleanor) of Charlottesville, VA; a daughter, Mary Linda Mills of Durango, CO; grandsons, Andrew Lanford Mills (Dixie) and Jonathan Randolph Mills (Maria) both of Charlottesville, VA; a granddaughter, Mary Mills Provosty of Denver, CO; great-granddaughter, Clara Dabney Mills, and great-grandsons Watson Fielder Mills, George Vining Mills and Leon Oscar Mills, all of Charlottesville, VA. The family would like to thank caregivers at the Colonnades and Hospice of the Piedmont for their care.

Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield is in charge of local arrangements. AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME- 509 WALNUT STREET, SPRINGFIELD, TN (615) 384-1000 To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Myrtle Mills please visit our Sympathy Store. Upcoming Events Memorial Service , JAN 12.

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