Elizabeth Mills Atkins

EDEN MRS. ELIZABETH MILLS ATKINS, AGE 83, OF 509 GROVE STREET ENTERED INTO ETERNAL REST ON SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 2014 AT HER RESIDENCE SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY.A FUNERAL SERVICE IN HONOR OF HER LIFE WILL BE HELD AT 2 P.M. ON TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2014 AT BOONE COOKE, INC. FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT ROSELAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS.MRS. ATKINS WAS BORN IN LEAKSVILLE, NOW EDEN, ON FEBRUARY 16, 1931, A DAUGHTER OF ROBERT PINK AND LILLIAN HALL MILLS, BOTH DECEASED. SHE WAS A RETIRED EMPLOYEE OF KARASTAN.IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, MRS. ATKINS WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, GRANVILLE THOMAS ATKINS, HER DAUGHTER, TERESA SUTTON, AND HER NIECE, BILLIE JO GAULDIN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTERS, DEBRA HANKINS AND HUSBAND, TOMMY OF EDEN, TAMMIE GAULDIN, AND RHONDA WOOD, BOTH OF EDEN; BY HER SISTER, VIRGINIA MILLS OF MARTINSVILLE, VA; BY HER GRANDCHILDREN, AMANDA WOOD CLARK, PHILLIP ELI WOOD III, TRACI SUTTON, AND MICHELLE OVERBY; AND BY HER GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ALEX KALLAM, SHAY KALLAM, PATIENCE CLARK, COURTNEY EAST, AND DERRICK MEEKS. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 1 UNTIL 2 P.M. ON TUESDAY AT BOONE COOKE, INC. FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AND OTHER TIMES AT THE RESIDENCE AT 509 GROVE STREET IN EDEN.ONLINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE OFFERED TO THE FAMILY AT WWW.BOONEANDCOOKE.COM