Doris Lee Mills

Doris Lee (Provence) Mills is now ready to receive all that God has promised to those He called to repentance and worshipped Him to the end. Although she never complained, Doris fought courageously with Parkinson’s Disease, but on September 29, 2019, she succumbed very peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones. She was born August 22, 1939, the youngest of five children, to the late Mac and Dixie (McFadden) Provence of Martin County, Kentucky. Both were fervent believers and Mac was an ordained Baptist Minister. Doris decided her future early in high school and became engaged to Cletis Mills and had 61 years together and raised three sons. Those that got to know her said they were touched by her kindness and humbleness. One classmate said Doris was a Christian all her life, having been baptized by her Father, Mac, and grandfather, Claude McFadden, founders of the Phillip COve Freewill Baptist Church, at an early age. She quit her job at the bank to travel with Cletis to Fort Dix and to Germany to raise a family, but when asked to help with voting at the Pickerington poles, she did it for over 30 years, while also delivering ads for the Columbus Dispatch and using the money to keep her younger sons in a Christian school. Although Doris enjoyed shopping, she was most excited when she and a friend could witness to women locked in the Fairfield County jail. Doris is survived by her husband; sons, Anthony (Karen), Darrin (Candace), Nathan; sister, Ruth Spirko; grandchildren, Ryan, Andrew, Jordan, Eli, Abigail, and Sahara; many nieces, nephews, and cousins. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by three brothers, Mac Jr., Joseph, and Paul. A private graveside service to be held on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 12pm at Floral Hills Memory Gardens, 351 Coonpath Road NE, Lancaster, Ohio 43130 and on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 12pm a celebration of life for Doris will be held at Peace Free Lutheran Church, 28 Elm Street, Canal Winchester, Ohio 43110. Friends are welcome to visit starting at 11am until service time. The family is most grateful to Peace Free Lutheran and the Helping Hands goroup of ladies for their help in our time of need and to Mt. Carmel Hospice. In lieu of flowers, donations are welcome at Peace Free Lutheran Church. Day Funeral Service is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Doris Lee (Provence) Mills.

Doris Lee Mills

August 22, 1939 - September 29, 2019