The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Mills Family Cemetery in Jones County, NC.
Location: at the intersection of Hwy 41 East (going towards Trenton from Hwy 258) and Mills Lane, in Jones County, NC. This cemetery is well tended and taken care of. It lies in a field, surrounded by corn and tobacco, behind a red brick house. A massive tree stump stands beside the grave of J.W.S. Mills and only one marker, that of John Hill Basden, is broken.
The epitaphs are as follows:
Row 1: Starting from the left facing Mills Lane.
Double Marker
Milton Lee MILLS
Dec 6, 1920
Dec 18, 1982
Pattie Banks MILLS
Nov 10, 1923
Double Marker
Lee Andrew MILLS
Oct 22, 1894
June 4, 1965
Junnie T. MILLS
June 3, 1910
Apr 28, 1989
Lee Andrew MILLS
July 9, 1944
Mar 18, 1961
Infant of
Mr. & Mrs. Milton MILLS
May 3, 1947
Milton Lee "Buster" MILLS, Jr.
Apr 23, 1954
Aug 16, 196
Virmediene
dau. Of
J.H. & Lucy TAYLOR
Mar 28, 1934
Apr 10, 1934
Infant
son of
J.H. & Lucy TAYLOR
June 6, 1923
Double Marker:
Johnnie H. TAYLOR
Oct 5, 1893
July 6, 1951
Lucy B.(ASDEN) TAYLOR
Jan 24, 1896
Aug 12, 1963
Double Marker
Eugene TAYLOR
Jan 29, 1930
May 20, 1976
Ludie C. TAYLOR
Jan 2, 1932
Row 2:
Double Marker:
Rex MILLS
June 7, 1923
Married
Wed, Oct 30, 1943
Kathleen W. MILLS
May 26, 1923
Paul William FREEMAN
Jun 30, 1913
Feb 21, 1990
Willie GURGANUS
June 1, 1885
June 10, 1958
North Carolina
Pvt
Co. M
120 INF
30 Div
World War I
Lucy MILLS
wife of
L.E. Freeman
Nov 10, 1893
Sep 22, 1950
Lennie E. FREEMAN
Mar 23, 1886
Jan 9, 1938
Joseph
son of
Lennie & Lucy FREEMAN
Oct 15, 1912
Oct 13, 1918
Starkey Woodrow MILLS
son of
Starkey & Alice Mills
Aug 27, 1913
(bottom of marker is buried)
Nannie Turner MILLS
Nov 29, 1906
Aug 19, 1952
Clarence L MILLS
Feb 20, 1901
Mar 13, 1967
Infant
son of
Ray & Shirley MILLS
Apr 1, 1957
Apr 2, 1957
Row 3:
Herman MILLER
Dec 31, 1918
Jan 23, 1995
Belle Mills MILLER
Oct 15, 1899
Feb 24, 1980
Hampton MILLER
Dec 10, 1883
Feb 17, 1955
Alonza BASDEN
Dec 14, 1883
Mar 29, 1944
Jennie
wife of
J.H. BASDEN
Aug 29, 1847
Aug 24, 1929
John Hill BASDEN
son of
Silas & Elvy (Elva Mills) Basden
Nov 21, 1839
July 23, 1919
Alice Basden MILLS
wife of
J.W.S. Mills
July 20, 1869
Feb 27, 1948
Woodmen of the World
Memorial Marker:
J.W. Stark MILLS
Oct 17, 1866
Nov 4, 1937
Infant
son of
C.L. & Pauline MILLS
Born & Died
Feb 7, 1956
Infant
daughter of
C.L. & Pauline MILLS
Dec 16, 1956
Dec 17, 1956
Row 4:
Timothy Rex MILLS
Jan 2, 1958
Mar 27, 1996
Ronnie MILLS
July 28, 1959
Jan 12, 1991
Ronnie W. MILLS, Jr.
Dec 21, 1982
Dec 24, 1982
Lottie Mills BARBEE
Feb 25, 1916
Mar 20, 1970
Double Marker:
Donnie R. MILLS
Jan 25, 1911
July 28, 1973
Gladys H. MILLS
Oct 8, 1919
Henry Clay MILLS
Oct 25, 1876
Jan 22, 1946
Julia Alphin MILLS
Aug 7, 1876
Mar 18, 1967
Mavis M. MILLS
dau. Of
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Mills
Dec 17, 1920
Oct 29, 1944
Infant
son of
Mr. & Mrs. Henry MILLS
Dec 17, 1920
Dec 20, 1920
Russell MILLS
May 29, 1903
Sep 11, 1959
Double Marker:
Leon S. MILLS
Mar 12, 1906
Aug 4, 1942
Lounicy Q. MILLS
Feb 17, 1908
July 20, 1994
Row 5:
Infant
son of
Marvin & Olife MILLS
Aug 2, 1954
Larry Lee MILLS
Sep 23, 1959
Nov 2, 1959
Baby Boy MILLS
June 8, 1958
Baby Boy MILLS
June 8, 1958
June 10, 1958
Row 6:
Double Marker:
William Starkey MILLS
1923-1988
Jane Metts MILLS
1925
Double Marker:
Alonza MILLS,
Sept 8, 1896
Nov 28, 1968
Nina T. MILLS
Oct 16, 1903
July 21, 1978
Double Marker:
Danny Leo MILLS
Nov 16, 1951
Oct 15, 1953
Donny Lee MILLS
Oct 26, 1953
Feb 3, 1954
James Henry MILLS
May 27, 1957
Mar 25, 1975
Timothy Russell EUBANKS
son of
Pam Mills
Nov 3, 1982
Feb 2, 1983
Catherine W. MILLER
Jan 18, 1911
Oct 11, 1976
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