Pauline McCoy Mills, age 85, passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at her home in Pike Road. She was born in Opp, Alabama on November 2, 1934, to Arch N. and Vera Belle Hendricks McCoy. Pauline was a loving mother and grandmother who enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She spent most of her days at home with her children, but through the years she had two outside jobs. She worked as a spinner at the West Boylston Textile Mill, and in distribution at Gayfers for 13 years. She loved Jesus and church and attended Woodland UMC in Pike Road. Flowers and gardening were some of her favorites.
Pauline was preceded in death by her parents; her siblings, Josephine McCoy Harris, Marvin Edmund McCoy, Homer Ray McCoy, and Arch N. McCoy, Jr. She is survived by her beloved husband of 68 years, Robert L. Mills; her children, Robert E. Mills (Myra Senn), Kelvin Ray Mills (Debra Jones), Pamela Jean Pittman (Louis P.), Karen Ann Farrar (Thomas B.), and Rodney Allen Mills (Andrea Freeman); as well as 13 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, at Leak Memory Chapel at 10:00am with a Chapel service to follow at 11:00 am. Rev. Tim Meadows officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
The family would like to extend a word of thanks to Southern Care Hospice and to her caretakers, Helen, Michelle, Roslyn, and Marie for their excellent care.
