Julia Etta (Dean) Mills, 80

WINGATE, Md. - Julia Etta (Dean) Mills of Wingate died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, in Mallard Bay Care Center, Cambridge, Md. She was 80.

Born on Sept. 17, 1927, in Wingate, Dorchester County, she was the daughter of the late Charles Whittington and Maysie M. (Tall) Dean.

Mrs. Mills attended Wingate Elementary School and Crapo High School.

On May 27, 1944, she married Ralph Vignuelle Mills.

Mrs. Mills was an active member of Souls Harbor Church of God, Cambridge, where she was involved in various activities within the church.

Mrs. Mills was an avid reader, liked to travel, enjoyed shopping and enjoyed her cats and being a homemaker.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Clara Dean; and a brother-in-law, Aldon Andrews.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Ralph A. "Tony" Mills and his wife Donna of Georgetown; a sister, C. Priscilla Andrews of Cambridge; two grandchildren, Maxine Faith Matthews and her husband Kendall of Federalsburg and Ralph Anthony Mills II and his wife Diane of Greencastle, Pa.; four great-grandchildren, Grace Elizabeth Matthews, Samuel Thomas Matthews, Julia Kathleen Mills and Carter Anthony Mills; two nieces, Sherry Bradley and her husband Roland of Secretary and Melanie Gore and her husband Jerry of Orlando, Fla.; and a grandnephew.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday in Curran-Bromwell Funeral Home, where the funeral service will be held at 2 p.m.

Officiating at the service will be the Rev. J. Edward King, pastor of Souls Harbor Church of God; the Rev. C. Stacey Johnson, pastor of Victory Tabernacle Church of God, Laurel; and the Rev. Paul Miller, a retired minister of Corbin, Ky.

Burial will follow at Dorchester Memorial Park, Cambridge.

Pallbearers will be Donald Mills, O'Neal Windsor, Dan Mills, Anthony Mills, Kendall Matthews and Dwight Hastings.

Expressions of sympathy may be made in Mrs. Mills' memory by either sending flowers or making memorial offerings to Souls Harbor Church of God, 718 Peachblossom Ave., Cambridge, MD 21613; or Mallard Bay Care Center Activities Department, 520 Glenburn Ave., Cambridge, MD 21613.