RONALD WAYNE MILLS
RONNIE MILLS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN APRIL 28, 1950, IN BONNE TERRE, MISSOURI, A SON OF KENNETH M. AND MARY ELLEN (STANGE) MILLS. RON DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT BARNES MEDICAL CENTER ON MAY 10, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FORTY-NINE YEARS AND TWELVE DAYS.
RON IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS, KENNETH AND MARY ELLEN MILLS OF POTOSI, HIS FIANCÉ LINDA BELT OF POTOSI, ONE SON, BRETT ASHTON MILLS OF POTOSI, ONE STEP SON ERIC BELT OF POTOSI, ONE STEP DAUGHTER, BREEANNA (RAWLINGS) ALLEN AND DAUGHTER CASSIE AND HUSBAND LARRY OF CADET, TWO BROTHERS, BOB MILLS AND WIFE JUDY OF ST. LOUIS, TOM MILLS AND WIFE PEGGY OF IRONDALE, TWO SISTERS, MARY ANN HORTON OF BELGRADE, DEBRA PORTELL AND HUSBAND GARY OF TIPTON, INDIANA AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS WHO SHARED RONNIE'S ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. RON WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PATERNAL AND MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS AND BY HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, JESSE HORTON.
RON WAS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE DOE RUN COMPANY. RON ENJOYED THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE AND LOVED TO SPEND TIME CAMPING AND FISHING. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN SPORTS AND ENJOYED ALL OF THEM.
RON HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS WHOLE FAMILY INCLUDING HIS MANY FRIENDS. HE HAD A GREAT LOVE THAT EXTENDED TO A VERY HEARTFELT CARING ATTITUDE FOR ANYONE IN NEED.
VISITATION WAS HELD TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1999, FROM 4:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1999, FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1999, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON CHAPEL WITH FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN GRASSY HOLLOW CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, DEREK MILLS, JEREMY MILLS, TIM HORTIN, ERIC BELT, JOE PORTELL AND ROB HAYES.