Thomas Warren Mills

© The Stilwell Democrat Journal

04-17-2019

Submitted by: Jan Grooms

© The Stilwell Democrat Journal

Thomas Warren Mills, resident of Watts, Okla., died Tuesday morning, April 9, 2019 at his home. He was 84. The son of Ira Mills and Alma Dorothy (Maze) Mills, Tom was born Nov. 7, 1934 in Lyman, Okla. His early years were spent in Webb City where he attended grade school. Later the family moved to Shidler and he attended Shidler High School and graduated with the class of 1952. He then attended a year at Oklahoma State University.

On June 22, 1953 Tom and Lillian LaVerne McGee were married in Ponca City. They established their first home in Shidler.

Tom’s work history began with employment with Coon Construction in the oilfields. In 1960 he moved to Winfield, Iowa to work as a farm laborer. After four years he moved to Kansas, to the Galesburg and Erie area. There he worked in farming and driving a feed truck for the feed elevator. In 1967 he moved to Watts and worked for Farmers Produce Store for seven years. He then was employed as supervisor for Baldor Electric, and later he worked for Brand Rex Telephone Cable. Not quite ready for retirement, he was employed with Allen’s Canning Company and several other jobs before retiring to the farm at Watts.

Tom and Lillian were member of Lightening Ridge Community Church in Watts. He was also a member of the Pony of the Americas Club. Tom loved the spotted Appaloosa horse, and also the spotted pigs, and his spotted dogs. With all those spots, he called his farm the Top Spot Farm. He enjoyed auctions, eating out, coin collecting and taking his grandkids to horse shows. Most of all, he cherished his family, from his wife down to the smallest great-grandchild.

The family would like to thank Louise, Haylee, Brandi, Jimmie, Greg and John of Emerald Hospice for the gentle care and compassion shown to Mr. Mills and to his family during this most difficult time.

Tom is survived by Lillian, his wife of over 65 years; his children, Thomas Mills, Jr. of Tahlequah, Angelique and Charles Hardbarger, and Gisele and Joe Nance, all of Watts; his siblings, Dorothy Monsrud of Salol, Minn., Clara and Gerald Dean Mills of Grove, and Clifford and Suzanne Mills of Ponca City; two great-aunts, Betty Hinton of Pasadena, Tex., and Irma Parks of Guthrie; his grandchildren, Jennifer Everett of Vian, Jason and Chris Kirk of Westville, Tenn., Tom T. and Marta Harper of Gentry, Ark., Ahsley and Josh Percival of Roland, Lindsay and Kelly Downing, Ryan Hosley, and Alex Mills, all of Tahlequah, and Kate and Sammy Hopper of Tulsa; his great-grandchildren, Stephanie and Randy Sybert, Leslie and Glenn Everett, Kaiba Kirk, Eagan Harper, Jake Harper, Jordyn Harper, Isaac Harper, Chloe Downing and Tyler Brooks.

He was preceded in death by an infant son, Lloyd Michael Mills; his parents; an baby sister, Bonnie Sue, four brothers, Donald Ira, Darrell Gene, Lonnie Lou and Jackie Paul Mills; a brother-in-law, Richard Monsrud; a sister-in-law, Cecila Mills;and a grandson-in-law, Glenn Everett.

Funeral services have been scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, April 15 in Miller-Stahl Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Susan Rice, minister of the First United Methodist Church of Newkirk officiating. Interment will follow in Grandview Cemetery, Kaw City. Miller-Stahl Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

Those serving as casket bearers will be Tom Harper, Josh Percival, Glenn Everett, Alex Mills, Ryan Hosley and Sammy Harper.

The family will host a memorial service with the Rev. Jim Beavers offiicating, and a pot luck meal Saturday, April 20 from 1-5 p.m. at the Lightening Ridge Community Church in Watts.

A memorial fund has been established with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for Cancer Research. Contributions may be made in Tom Mill’s name and mailed to OMRF, 825 NE 13th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73104. In the memo section of our check, please write in Tom Mills Memorial for Cancer Research. Reply Reply All Forward


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