Mildred Louise "Millie" Geers

GEERS, Mildred "Millie" Louise Geers, 84, wife of the late Robert (Bobby) Brandenburg Geers, entered into her heavenly home on Monday, June 23, 2025. A native of Lexington, she was the daughter of the late Milton and Jeanette Dunn. Millie was a member of NorthEast Christian Church for 30 years, and as a young child, accepted Christ as her Savior and was baptized. She was a 1960 graduate of Bryan Station High School.
Millie began her long administrative career at W.T. Grant department store as Office Manager for approximately 15 years, prior to joining the Accounting department at Jerrico, dba Long John Silvers & Jerry's restaurants. After 14 years at Jerrico, Millie and several of her co-workers joined Applebee's franchisee, Thomas and King, where Millie served in the Accounting and HR/Administrative departments, retiring after 25 years. The last leg of Millie's employment journey ended after eight years of part-time accounting services at Plaza Carpets, where her main duties were A/R, A/P, baking banana nut muffins, and morning delivery of Hardee's breakfast biscuits to the "staff".
Survivors include two sons, Rob (Judy) Geers, Mike (Dienalle) Geers; three grandchildren, Michelle 'Nikki' (Jordan) Mink, Leah (Nick) Judd, and Evan Geers; one step-grandson, Major Brandon (Hannah) Goodwin; three great-grandsons, Hayden Ewen, Ryder Withrow, and Wyatt Judd; two great-granddaughters, Sydney Withrow, and Chandler Judd; five step-great-grandsons, Reed, Grant, Knox, Clay, and Crew Goodwin; one brother, Butch (Sue) Dunn; one sister, Helen Biddle, and several nieces and nephews.
Millie was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Robert "Bobby" Geers, and two sisters, Barbara Jean Hutchinson and Patty Ann Watson.
Funeral services will be 12:30 pm Monday, June 30 at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home, Harrodsburg Road, Lexington.
Visitation for friends will be 10:30 am-12:30 pm. Entombment service will be at Lexington Cemetery on West Main Street following the funeral.
Services will be officiated by Minister Monte Wilkinson. Friends and family are welcome to share during the service if so desired. Messages of condolence can be added to her obituary tribute wall on the Kerr Brothers Funeral Home website at www.kerrbrothersfuneralhome.com.
Pallbearers will be nephews, Wayne Biddle, Jerry Biddle, Tommy Hutchinson and Kenny Dunn, grandson Evan Geers, and great-grandson, Hayden Ewen. Honorary pallbearers will be grandsons-in-law, Nick Judd and Jordan Mink.
In lieu of flowers, contributions to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are appreciated In Memoriam.
Proudly wearing the titles Mom and Granny, Millie adored her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren with an overwhelming pride that couldn't be missed or matched. Her joy was fullest in their laughter, their milestones, their simple hugs. The love she poured into her family continues on in the values we hold, the prayers we whisper, and the way we love our own.
She was the heartbeat of our family. A mother when one was needed, a best friend when the world felt heavy, and a constant source of strength through every high and low. She lived life boldly, with passion, with purpose, and loved deeply with her whole heart.
There was no halfway with her. If you were loved by her, you knew it without question. You felt it in the way she showed up, in her prayers, in the way she listened, comforted, encouraged and believed in you, even when you struggled to believe in yourself. She loved hard, forgave freely, and gave all she had to those she held close.
She never met a stranger. To meet her was to be welcomed, seen, and accepted. Her warmth was immediate, her kindness genuine, and her laughter contagious. Whether for a moment or a lifetime, her presence left an imprint on everyone she encountered.
Millie was a devoted wife who loved her husband with a strength and stubbornness that matched his own. Their relationship was full of laughter, deep affection, and a bit of that classic, loving cantankerousness that only comes from truly knowing someone inside and out. They teased, they bantered, they bickered but through it all, they adored each other. Their covenant bond was built on years of shared life, mutual respect, and the kind of love that holds strong through every season. She stood by his side with unwavering loyalty, and their love story was as real and enduring as one could be.
As a sibling, Millie and her sisters shared a coveted sisterhood in everything they did. Typically, where you saw one, you saw at least one of the others. Whether it be Hardee's, the mall, Walmart, or Meijer, these 'little women' were thick as thieves, and fully complimented by their loving big brother, Butch. Following the passing of Jean and Patty Ann, Millie and Helen shared a beautiful bond that became a daily source of comfort and strength. They leaned on each other, not out of obligation, but out of their love for one another. They lived together, laughed together, cared for each other in quiet and profound ways and gave each other the kind of companionship that only sisters can offer. Their devotion to one another was inspiring and unshakeable.
Wherever she resided or wherever she worked, she formed a plethora of life-long and treasured friendships. While there are entirely too many wonderful friends and neighbors to name and stories to tell herein, one very special relationship towered above all, and that was her BFF and Bestie for Life, Kay Stewart. Millie hired Kay into the Jerrico clan and that was the spark of a very special, rare, and enduring friendship that followed them through and after their T&K years, lasting just shy of 50 years. Kay fondly recalls that they had lunch virtually every day for 33 years, and movies every Friday night. They vacationed together, and shared more shopping trips than Macy's or the malls could count. They shared every aspect of each other's lives, upholding one another through the tough and tougher times, and celebrating the blessings and good times. They weren't just friends, they were family.
Millie had a deep love for learning and adventure. She was endlessly curious with a special passion for history, travel, and stories from far-off places. When life no longer allowed her to explore the world in person, she kept that spirit alive through books. Her shelves were full, not just of pages, but of dreams, discoveries, and the joy of imagination. In every chapter she read, she kept exploring.
Her faith was the steady thread woven through everything she did. She didn't just speak about Jesus, she reflected Him. In how she loved, how she served, how she gave, and how she never wavered in the face of life's hardest storms. Her relationship with God was her foundation, and through it she poured strength, wisdom, and light into all of us.
If you've made it to the end of this epilogue, we'll humbly apologize for the length of what feels like a novel. But the truth is, she was far too much of a woman to be summed up in a paragraph or two. Her life deserves every letter and every sentence, and she would have enjoyed reading about this woman's journey of body, spirit, and soul.
There will never be enough words to describe the person she was or the legacy she left that is forever etched into our hearts, woven into our lives and seared into our memories. To be loved by her was to experience the kind of love that changes you, that changes the world. We were blessed to be hers, and beyond blessed that she was ours. And we'll carry her with us in everything we do. Until we meet again.