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Tommie Carolyn Mills

d. August 9, 2023

Tommie Mills, 81, passed away on August 9, 2023, in Jasper, Texas. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, August 20, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at Shultz Funeral Home in Jasper, Texas. The family will greet friends on Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Tommie Carolyn Mills was born May 8, 1942, to Tom and Lillia Bailey in Gary, Texas. She grew up in Beaumont, attended Lamar University, and earned her graduate and undergraduate degrees in Education. She taught in various different schools all over Southeast Texas. She finished her career at the University of Texas – Tyler teaching and supervising teachers. Tommie was a devoted Christian and met her husband of 61 years Ernest Mills one Sunday at church. She loved teaching, volunteering at her church, traveling with her husband, and being a grandmother. She is survived by her husband Ernest Mills of Jasper, Texas, sons Michael Mills and wife Jodi of Bangor, Maine; and Marc Mills of Sugarland, Texas; brother Roy Bailey of Lubbock, Texas; nephew Jimmy Bailey of Lubbock, Texas; great nephew Ryan Braquet and wife Liz of Lubbock, Texas; great-great niece and nephew Mallory and Corbyn; grandchildren Logan, Hayden, Grace-Ellyn, and Morgan; a special friend Charissa Mills of Sugarland, Texas; and her fur babies Maggie and Rocky. She is preceded in death by her parents Tom Lee and Lillia Bailey. Condolences can be posted at www.shultzfuneralhomeofjasper.com or on Facebook at Shultz Funeral Home &Crematory.

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