Cleston Morris Mills

Cleston Morris Mills obituary, Buckhannon, WV

Cleston Morris Mills

Cleston Mills Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Poling-St Clair Funeral Home & Crematory on Oct. 9, 2025.

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Cleston Morris Mills, age 92, of Buckhannon, WV, died Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at the Louis A. Johnson V.A. Medical Center in Clarksburg, WV. He was born November 19, 1932, in Upshur County, WV, a son of the late Robert Lee and Ocie B. Hibbs Mills. On September 29, 2012, he married Nancy Miller who preceded him in death on July 23, 2023. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by two daughters, Pamela Anne Prell and Athena Kay Mills; two brothers, William Robert and Charles E. Mills and two sisters, Gladys Ruth Mills and Hettie Ellen Hall. Surviving are one daughter, Rebecca D. Smith of Durham, NC; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; four sisters, Alda Wren Mills and husband Mendel of Bridgeport, WV, Dora Leen Parkhill of Buckhannon, Dorothy Deloris Harper of Lewisville, OH and Wrickey Mae Barnett of Akron, OH; one step daughter, Darlene Bender and husband Leon of Buckhannon; one step son, Larry Cutlip and wife Beverly of Buckhannon, WV; several step grandchildren and step great grandchildren and one special nephew, Darrell Morris of Wichita, KS. Mr. Mills was a truck driver and a member of the Kingdom Hall Jehovah's Witness in Weston, WV. In his spare time, he enjoyed fishing and playing golf. In honoring Mr. Mill's wishes, he will be cremated. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.polingstclair.com. Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

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