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James Mills Obituary
James E. "Jimmy" Mills passed through death to eternity Saturday, June 4, 2011, at the age of 89, in his sleep at Parkview Manor located in Weimar, Texas. He had been a resident in the Alzheimer's facility for the past three and a half months.
He leaves behind his wife Shirley R. Mills of 69 years, his two sons and daughter-in-laws James F. "Rick" Mills and wife Donna and Dr. Jack T. "Tracy" Mills and wife Julie and one grandson Trevor W. Mills, and two great grand daughters Kayla Mills and Branwen Fox.
Jimmy was born in Pearsall, Texas December 5, 1921 and later moved to Corpus Christi were he attended MIT. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 shortly after the bombing of Peal Harbor. He took his primary flight training at Randolph Field in San Antonio and later took advanced flight training in Sherman, Texas where he met and married his love Shirley in November of 1942. He was transferred to Nashville, Tennessee for a home base and he flew most of the WWII fighter and transport aircraft out of that base and overseas. He was a decorated pilot and flew in Africa, China, Egypt and the "Hump" in Burma. His two sons were born while he was stationed in Nashville.
After the war he moved his family to Corpus Christi and went to work for McKesson & Robbins wholesale liquor company as a salesman. He was transferred to Houston in 1948 and was promoted to Sales Manager. He later was promoted to Texas State Sales Manager and then to a Regional Vice President over several southern states. He retired from McKesson after 31 years of service and two of his long time friends brought him into their sporting goods business were he remained until they decided to close the business.
His two favorite sports were fishing and golf. He fished the Gulf Coast from Houston to Tampico Mexico with several trips to Venezuela and Managua Nicaragua. He was a member of Golfcrest Country Club and played golf several times a week and even shot a 69 on a round with some of his business associates.
A Memorial Service will be held Monday, June 13, 2011 at 11:00am at the OMNI Hotel located at Eldridge and IH-10.
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Richard Keller
June 10, 2011
Dear Shirley and family,
I met Jim in 1971 when I was in my first job out of college, as State Manager for Calvert Distillers. I worked with him for three years, and attribute my success in the business to the personal and business experience I gained from Jim. I admired Jim and will cherish the memories of those days working with him. He was my first mentor and I will always have great respect for his integrety and personal jnfluence on my life.
Dick Keller
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Bernadette & Bill Foley
June 10, 2011
Dear Shirley, It is with deep saddness and love that Bill and I wish you and your family our deepest sympathy for the loss of Jimmy. I know you are aware of how much we both admired him and have such fond memories of those days at McKesson.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. As you may know, Bill is homebound and we will not be able to be with you on Monday. All our love,
Bernadette and Bill Foley
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