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Betty Jean <I>Sanders</I> Mills

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Betty Jean Sanders Mills

Birth
Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Death
23 Nov 2001 (aged 62)
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Aurora, Marshall County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Dealie Rhoda (nee Carver) and Ernest Roby Sanders.

Long time resident of the Chicago-land area. Mother of four sons and three daughters. Grandmother of 8 grandchildren. Died after a long illness. She also lived in Dayton and Columbus, Ohio, having left Johnson City, TN due to hard times and no available work.

Worked as a registered nurse but Illinois only shows LPN License Number 043034832. There is no record of her being an RN. Employed as a nurse in a nursing home caring for the elderly. Recently retired, she was the director of nursing at Hickory Hills Nursing Center, Hickory Hills, Ill., and Oaklawn Convalescent Center, Oaklawn, Ill.

Married to Vernon Ellis Hines in Chicago, IL on 31 January 1955 by R. Gerald Trampe of the County Court of Pope County, Golconda IL on January 31, 1955, marriage license number 2344389, filed 4 February 1955. No known date of divorce exists. Two children born to that union.

Married to Edward Franklin Stoker in LaFayette, GA on 25 March 1957 and then divorced 18 December 1964 in Chicago, IL. Four children born to that union.

Married to Ron Dusek on 6 March 1965 in Chicago and then divorced from him in Cook County, IL on 9 September 1968. No children born to that union.

Married to Bob Horne around 9 May 1970, whom she divorced 2 Sep 1971, Cook County, Illinois. No children born to that union.

Married to Gerald Wallace Mills 17 August 1976 in Chicago, Illinois. No children born to that union.

Betty retired early from her nursing career the spring of 1997. In July 1997 she sold her home in Bridgeview, IL and moved to the farm in Dexter, KY that she purchased in 1977. While there she became ill and remained ill many times until her death. She died at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, KY.

Obit from the Murray Ledger and Times newspaper, Monday, November 26, 2001:

Mrs. Betty Jean Mills, 62, Dexter, a former long-time resident of Bridgeview, Ill., died Friday, Nov. 23, 2001, at 9:55 p.m. at Western Baptist Hospital, Paducah.

Born Dec. 8, 1938, in Johnson City, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Ernest Roby Sanders and Dealie Rhoda Carver. One sister, Margaret Sanders, two brothers, Robert Sanders and John Sanders, and an infant son all preceded her in death.

Survivors include her husband, Gerald W. Mills, to whom she was married Aug. 17, 1976; three daughters, Mrs. Dianne D'Angerio and husband, John, Las Vegas, Nev., Mrs. Patricia Friedsam and husband, Anton, Plainfield, Ill., and Mrs. Jacqueline Hamblin and husband, James, Dexter; three sons, Ellis Hines Jr., Morristown, Tenn., Danny Hines, Hickory Hills, Ill., and Edward D. Stoker, Frankfort; one stepson, Gerald W. Mills Jr., Chicago, Ill.; one sister, Mrs. Mildred Green, Johnson, City, Tenn.; uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tesneary, Johnson City; aunt, Mrs. Ella Head, Jonesboro, Tenn.; 10 grandchildren, Genna Hines, Sara Friedsam, Anton C. Friedsam II, Edward F. Stoker, Shannon Stoker, Jay Stoker, Jerry Hamblin, James D. Hambin Jr., Katie Mills and Eric Mills; 32 nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Bethel Fellowship Church, where she was a member. The Rev. Shelby Underhill will officiate.

Active and honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Burial will follow in St. Henry Cemetery, Aurora.

Visitation will be at Blalock-Coleman Funeral Home, Murray, from 12:30 to 9 p.m. today (Monday) and after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to Building Fund, Bethel Fellowship Church, 9950 St. Rt. 94 East, Murray KY 42071, in care of Mrs. Betty Jean Mills.
Daughter of Dealie Rhoda (nee Carver) and Ernest Roby Sanders.

Long time resident of the Chicago-land area. Mother of four sons and three daughters. Grandmother of 8 grandchildren. Died after a long illness. She also lived in Dayton and Columbus, Ohio, having left Johnson City, TN due to hard times and no available work.

Worked as a registered nurse but Illinois only shows LPN License Number 043034832. There is no record of her being an RN. Employed as a nurse in a nursing home caring for the elderly. Recently retired, she was the director of nursing at Hickory Hills Nursing Center, Hickory Hills, Ill., and Oaklawn Convalescent Center, Oaklawn, Ill.

Married to Vernon Ellis Hines in Chicago, IL on 31 January 1955 by R. Gerald Trampe of the County Court of Pope County, Golconda IL on January 31, 1955, marriage license number 2344389, filed 4 February 1955. No known date of divorce exists. Two children born to that union.

Married to Edward Franklin Stoker in LaFayette, GA on 25 March 1957 and then divorced 18 December 1964 in Chicago, IL. Four children born to that union.

Married to Ron Dusek on 6 March 1965 in Chicago and then divorced from him in Cook County, IL on 9 September 1968. No children born to that union.

Married to Bob Horne around 9 May 1970, whom she divorced 2 Sep 1971, Cook County, Illinois. No children born to that union.

Married to Gerald Wallace Mills 17 August 1976 in Chicago, Illinois. No children born to that union.

Betty retired early from her nursing career the spring of 1997. In July 1997 she sold her home in Bridgeview, IL and moved to the farm in Dexter, KY that she purchased in 1977. While there she became ill and remained ill many times until her death. She died at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, KY.

Obit from the Murray Ledger and Times newspaper, Monday, November 26, 2001:

Mrs. Betty Jean Mills, 62, Dexter, a former long-time resident of Bridgeview, Ill., died Friday, Nov. 23, 2001, at 9:55 p.m. at Western Baptist Hospital, Paducah.

Born Dec. 8, 1938, in Johnson City, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Ernest Roby Sanders and Dealie Rhoda Carver. One sister, Margaret Sanders, two brothers, Robert Sanders and John Sanders, and an infant son all preceded her in death.

Survivors include her husband, Gerald W. Mills, to whom she was married Aug. 17, 1976; three daughters, Mrs. Dianne D'Angerio and husband, John, Las Vegas, Nev., Mrs. Patricia Friedsam and husband, Anton, Plainfield, Ill., and Mrs. Jacqueline Hamblin and husband, James, Dexter; three sons, Ellis Hines Jr., Morristown, Tenn., Danny Hines, Hickory Hills, Ill., and Edward D. Stoker, Frankfort; one stepson, Gerald W. Mills Jr., Chicago, Ill.; one sister, Mrs. Mildred Green, Johnson, City, Tenn.; uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tesneary, Johnson City; aunt, Mrs. Ella Head, Jonesboro, Tenn.; 10 grandchildren, Genna Hines, Sara Friedsam, Anton C. Friedsam II, Edward F. Stoker, Shannon Stoker, Jay Stoker, Jerry Hamblin, James D. Hambin Jr., Katie Mills and Eric Mills; 32 nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Bethel Fellowship Church, where she was a member. The Rev. Shelby Underhill will officiate.

Active and honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Burial will follow in St. Henry Cemetery, Aurora.

Visitation will be at Blalock-Coleman Funeral Home, Murray, from 12:30 to 9 p.m. today (Monday) and after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to Building Fund, Bethel Fellowship Church, 9950 St. Rt. 94 East, Murray KY 42071, in care of Mrs. Betty Jean Mills.


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