Individual Details

Arkansas Delayed Birth Certificate #1129
Benjamin Franlin Mills was born 9 Aug 1898, Uniontown, Crawford Co, AR. His father was John Henry Mills, 27, a farmer. Mother was Sarah Elizabeth Knuckolls, age 31. He was the 4th child in the family. Affidavit was made by Sarah Elizabeth Mills, his mother, at Tahlequah, OK on 10 Jul 1943.

12 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registration
Benjamin Franklin Mills of Uniontown, Crawford Co, AR was age 20, born 9 Aug 1898. He was farming. Pina Edith Mills was his nearest relative. Medium height, stout build, blue eyes, brown hair.

1942 World War II Young Men's Draft (undated)
Benjamin Franklin Mills of Gypsy, Creek Co, OK was age 43, b. 9 Aug 1898, Crawford Co, AR. His father, John H. Mills of Tahlequah, OK, would always know his address. Employed by the Gypsy School Board. 5'9 1/2" tall, 185 lb. Blue eyes, blonde hair. Scar over right eye.

1950 Census. Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, Hh 63
2424 E 3rd St
Ben F. Mills, 51, b. AR, Shipping Clerk, Oil Supply
Edith H., wife, 50, b. AR
Joe F., son, 11, b. OK

Obituary from unknown newspaper, but likely in Tulsa, OK
TU fan Ben Mills dead at 85
The Tulsa University Golden Hurricane lost one of its most loyal fans Sunday when Ben F. Mills, 85, died in a Tulsa hospital.
This academic year will be the first in a quarter century in which Mills won't be in the stand cheering for his favorite team.
A former educator and basketball coach, he and his wife, Edith, rarely missed a home football or basketball game, even when the team's prospects were bleak.
Sports became a favorite pastime of the couple when they were country school teachers 60 years ago. In Gore, Mills coached the boys' basketball team and his wife was the girls' coach.
But the Golden Hurricane was special to them because they said Tulsa was their home. They often urged other Tulsans to help the teams with moral support.
Mills, a native of Uniontown, Ark., was a graduate of Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. He started teaching in 1918 in Sequoyah County and later taught in Cherokee, Creek and Tulsa counties.
He and Mrs. Mills were married 66 years ago. Both taught in Tahlequah and Gypsy. Mills was a former superintendent of Gore schools.
They came to Tulsa in 1943 when Mills worked with the Air Force. He retired from Pan American Oil Co., now Amoco, in 1958 and taught five years at East Central Junior High.
He coached little league baseball and basketball teams and was an avid fisherman. His pastimes also included a backyard garden he started in 1943 at their home at 2424 E. Third St.
He was a member and former deacon of the First Christian Church of Tulsa.
Funeral services were scheduled at 2:30 this afternoon in the First Christian Church chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Mausoleum with Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home in charge.
Also surviving are a son, Joe F. Mills of Tulsa; a daughter Ione Stauss of Tahlequah; a brother Dr. Richard C. Mills of Oklahoma City; two sisters, Cora Inman of Tahlequah and Minnie DeLong of Chula Vista, Calif; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Friends are contributing to the Memorial Fund of First Christian Church.

An image of his Memorial card in an Ancestry tree gave his exact date of death.

Birth	9 Aug 1898	Uniontown, Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage	25 Dec 1916	Pina Edith Haggard
Death	25 Sep 1983	Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Spouse	Pina Edith Haggard (1899 - 1994)
Child	Doris Ione Mills (1918 - 1999)
Child	Joseph Franklin Mills (1939 - )

Father	John Henry Mills (1871 - )
Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Nuckells (1867 - )
Sibling	Verna E. Mills (1890 - )
Sibling	Richard Columbus Mills MD (1892 - 1988)
Sibling	Cora Mills (1896 - )
Sibling	Maude Mills (1903 - )
Sibling	Bessie Mills (1905 - )
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living