Obituary of Katie Mills

Graveside services for Katie Louise Mills, 82, Troup, are scheduled for 4:00 pm, Sunday March 18, at the Pinecrest Cemetery, Troup, under the direction of Cottle Funeral Home. Mrs. Mills died Thursday, March 15, 2007 at her residence. She was born February 19, 1925 in Troup to the late George and Lorene Gee Hemby. She married Patrick Lee Mills March 2, 1941 in Overton, Texas. She was a homemaker, seamstress and enjoyed making quilts. She lived most all her life in Troup and had served as Sunday school teacher in various churches for forty years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Troup. She was preceded in death by a sister, Helen Stout, and by her husband, Patrick Mills, June 23, 2002. Survivors include four daughters and two sons-in-law, Patricia and Charles Patterson, Ft. Worth, Gladys and Richard Creek, Edmond, Oklahoma, Sherrill Mills and Teri Green, both of Troup; two brothers, Sam Hemby and Bob Hemby, both of Troup; two sisters, Hazel Florence, Arp, and Ruth Campbell, Tyler, nine grandchildren, Kelly Patterson, Jill Patterson, Cyndi Neese, Patrick Creek, Jody Glaze, Deedee Louise Williams, Miranda Glaze, Jeffrey Lee Mills, and Katie Perkins; eight great-grandchildren, Ethan Neese, Connor Neese, McKenzie Creek, Peyton Creek, Madison Creek, Carson Creek, DeeDee Marie Glaze, and Eowyn Glaze; and several nieces and nephews. Honorary pallbearers will be Jeffrey Lee Mills, Jody Glaze, Patrick Creek, Dion Williams, Ron Neese, and Ryan Perkins.