Obit.Tulsa,OK MILLS, Thomas B ======================================================================= USGenWeb NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ======================================================================= Posted in Tulsa Daily World on 7Mar1970 Submitted by Jeff Smith (one of the 48 surviving grandchildren) On 29Apr2001 Services for pioneer Oklahoman and former Tulsan, Thomas B. Mills, 88 retired painter-interior decorator, are scheduled for 2PM Monday at the Broken Arrow Assembly of God Church. Tulsa-Whisenhunt Funeral Home will direct interment at Memorial Park. T. B. Mills died in his Broken Arrow home on Thursday March 5, 1970. His wife Alta M. Mills, preceded him in death in 1966. The couple came to Oklahoma in 1904, and celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversart in 1961. They made their home in Tulsa from 1923-59 before moving to Broken Arrow. Mr. Mills was acting business agent for Painters Union in Tulsa during the 1920s. He was born in Illinois. Surviving are five sons, eight daughters, 48 grandchildren and 46 great-grandchildren.