Josephine Jaynes Mills, 88, died early Saturday morning at Laughlin Health Care Center.
Mrs. Mills was a daughter of the late James Shipley and Azubah Earnest Lyon Jaynes.
In 1942, she married Kyle E. Mills, who preceded her in death on March 27, 1996.
Mrs. Mills attended Greeneville schools and was salutatorian of the 1933 Greeneville High School class. She attended Tusculum College for three years and received a bachelor of science degree from East Tennessee State College (now E.T.S. University) in Johnson City in 1940, and earned a master of arts degree, with a major in library science, in 1951, from that institution. In both college and high school, she was active in sports and several other extra-curricular activities.
Mrs. Mills taught in Greene County schools from 1936-42, and in Greeneville Junior High (now Middle School) from 1944-75. Here she served as librarian, being the second full-time librarian in the Greeneville system.
In 1964, she was selected by the local Chamber of Commerce as "Outstanding Teacher of the Year". Her biography appeared in the 1998 edition of "Who's Who of American Women."
After her early retirement, as long as her health permitted, she visited schools in both systems as a "show and tell" speaker about small antiques and dolls from her collection.
In the early 1980s, Mrs. Mills was asked by the Nolachuckey Elementary School parents' group to organize the library at the school.
For more than three years, two days a week, she, along with two mothers, volunteered to organize and operate this facility. For this service, the Greene County Board of Education presented her a plaque, and a permanent brass plaque was placed in the library in her honor.
A few years later, her daughter, Becki McInturff, became the school's first certified full-time librarian.
The family notes that "Mrs. Mills' articulate way of writing and speaking was an inheritance from her great-grandfather, J.B.R. Lyon."
They continued that he and six of his seven sons, were associated with Greeneville journalism for more than a century. Mrs. Mills wrote many nonsensical poems for friends to use on special occasions. Her favorite form was the limerick. She had recently completed albums containing photographs and personal limericks about five generations of her family, which were for her two grandchildren.
Mrs. Mills attended Asbury United Methodist Church from her "Cradle Roll" days and became an active member Nov. 15, 1925. During her teen-age years, she led a monthly midweek prayer service; was a class teacher; a member of the adult choir from 1929-1965; and was active in missionary guilds. She was a former member of the Bement Swingle Sunday School Class, Bobbie Pierce Study Group, and the Reflections Choir.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Mills was a member of Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International; the Nolachuckey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; a charter member of the President Andrew Johnson Memorial Association; the local, state, and national Retired Teachers Association; and the GFWC Andrew Johnson Club.
Active participation in church and club activities had been curtailed because of health problems.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters: Lucille Jaynes Morgan and Mary Sue Jaynes Love, and by three brothers: Joseph Oliver Jaynes, James David "Big Jim" Jaynes, and Roe Lyon Jaynes, and an aunt: Rebecca Lyon Wilhoit, who was a "second mother "to Mrs. Mills.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law: Rebecca and Cliff McInturff; a granddaughter and her husband: Rebekah and Bryan Ricker; a grandson and his wife: Kyle and Donna McInturff; and four great-grandchildren: Rebecca Mary Grace Ricker, Emma Caroline Ricker, Joseph Tyler McInturff, and Sophia Marie McInturff; a sister: Kitty Lynn Jaynes Finchum; two sisters-in-law: Sylvia Jaynes of Kingsport and Lola Massey Jaynes; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today at Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Asbury United Methodist Church.
The body will be taken to the church 30 minutes prior to the service to lie in state.
Interment will be at 10:30 Wednesday morning in Andrew Johnson National Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be her nephews: Douglas Finchum, David Finchum, Matthew L. Jaynes, Joe E. Jaynes, Dr. Hugh D. Jaynes, Mike Ricker and Dr. Ralph White.
Honorary pallbearers will be R.W. Ayers, Joe Bewley, Leonard Coffman, Homer Davenport, Judge Thomas G. Hull, Jack Cummins, John Kilday, Paul Metcalfe, Woodrow Mitchell, Tommy Love, Wayland Wilhoit, Jake Williams, Dr. Michael Hartsell, Dr. Maynard Austin, Dr. William Smead, and the nurses and staff at Laughlin Health Care.
Mrs. Mills was a daughter of the late James Shipley and Azubah Earnest Lyon Jaynes.
In 1942, she married Kyle E. Mills, who preceded her in death on March 27, 1996.
Mrs. Mills attended Greeneville schools and was salutatorian of the 1933 Greeneville High School class. She attended Tusculum College for three years and received a bachelor of science degree from East Tennessee State College (now E.T.S. University) in Johnson City in 1940, and earned a master of arts degree, with a major in library science, in 1951, from that institution. In both college and high school, she was active in sports and several other extra-curricular activities.
Mrs. Mills taught in Greene County schools from 1936-42, and in Greeneville Junior High (now Middle School) from 1944-75. Here she served as librarian, being the second full-time librarian in the Greeneville system.
In 1964, she was selected by the local Chamber of Commerce as "Outstanding Teacher of the Year". Her biography appeared in the 1998 edition of "Who's Who of American Women."
After her early retirement, as long as her health permitted, she visited schools in both systems as a "show and tell" speaker about small antiques and dolls from her collection.
In the early 1980s, Mrs. Mills was asked by the Nolachuckey Elementary School parents' group to organize the library at the school.
For more than three years, two days a week, she, along with two mothers, volunteered to organize and operate this facility. For this service, the Greene County Board of Education presented her a plaque, and a permanent brass plaque was placed in the library in her honor.
A few years later, her daughter, Becki McInturff, became the school's first certified full-time librarian.
The family notes that "Mrs. Mills' articulate way of writing and speaking was an inheritance from her great-grandfather, J.B.R. Lyon."
They continued that he and six of his seven sons, were associated with Greeneville journalism for more than a century. Mrs. Mills wrote many nonsensical poems for friends to use on special occasions. Her favorite form was the limerick. She had recently completed albums containing photographs and personal limericks about five generations of her family, which were for her two grandchildren.
Mrs. Mills attended Asbury United Methodist Church from her "Cradle Roll" days and became an active member Nov. 15, 1925. During her teen-age years, she led a monthly midweek prayer service; was a class teacher; a member of the adult choir from 1929-1965; and was active in missionary guilds. She was a former member of the Bement Swingle Sunday School Class, Bobbie Pierce Study Group, and the Reflections Choir.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Mills was a member of Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International; the Nolachuckey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; a charter member of the President Andrew Johnson Memorial Association; the local, state, and national Retired Teachers Association; and the GFWC Andrew Johnson Club.
Active participation in church and club activities had been curtailed because of health problems.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters: Lucille Jaynes Morgan and Mary Sue Jaynes Love, and by three brothers: Joseph Oliver Jaynes, James David "Big Jim" Jaynes, and Roe Lyon Jaynes, and an aunt: Rebecca Lyon Wilhoit, who was a "second mother "to Mrs. Mills.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law: Rebecca and Cliff McInturff; a granddaughter and her husband: Rebekah and Bryan Ricker; a grandson and his wife: Kyle and Donna McInturff; and four great-grandchildren: Rebecca Mary Grace Ricker, Emma Caroline Ricker, Joseph Tyler McInturff, and Sophia Marie McInturff; a sister: Kitty Lynn Jaynes Finchum; two sisters-in-law: Sylvia Jaynes of Kingsport and Lola Massey Jaynes; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today at Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Asbury United Methodist Church.
The body will be taken to the church 30 minutes prior to the service to lie in state.
Interment will be at 10:30 Wednesday morning in Andrew Johnson National Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be her nephews: Douglas Finchum, David Finchum, Matthew L. Jaynes, Joe E. Jaynes, Dr. Hugh D. Jaynes, Mike Ricker and Dr. Ralph White.
Honorary pallbearers will be R.W. Ayers, Joe Bewley, Leonard Coffman, Homer Davenport, Judge Thomas G. Hull, Jack Cummins, John Kilday, Paul Metcalfe, Woodrow Mitchell, Tommy Love, Wayland Wilhoit, Jake Williams, Dr. Michael Hartsell, Dr. Maynard Austin, Dr. William Smead, and the nurses and staff at Laughlin Health Care.
Josephine Jaynes Mills, 88, died early Saturday morning at Laughlin Health Care Center.
Mrs. Mills was a daughter of the late James Shipley and Azubah Earnest Lyon Jaynes.
In 1942, she married Kyle E. Mills, who preceded her in death on March 27, 1996.
Mrs. Mills attended Greeneville schools and was salutatorian of the 1933 Greeneville High School class. She attended Tusculum College for three years and received a bachelor of science degree from East Tennessee State College (now E.T.S. University) in Johnson City in 1940, and earned a master of arts degree, with a major in library science, in 1951, from that institution. In both college and high school, she was active in sports and several other extra-curricular activities.
Mrs. Mills taught in Greene County schools from 1936-42, and in Greeneville Junior High (now Middle School) from 1944-75. Here she served as librarian, being the second full-time librarian in the Greeneville system.
In 1964, she was selected by the local Chamber of Commerce as "Outstanding Teacher of the Year". Her biography appeared in the 1998 edition of "Who's Who of American Women."
After her early retirement, as long as her health permitted, she visited schools in both systems as a "show and tell" speaker about small antiques and dolls from her collection.
In the early 1980s, Mrs. Mills was asked by the Nolachuckey Elementary School parents' group to organize the library at the school.
For more than three years, two days a week, she, along with two mothers, volunteered to organize and operate this facility. For this service, the Greene County Board of Education presented her a plaque, and a permanent brass plaque was placed in the library in her honor.
A few years later, her daughter, Becki McInturff, became the school's first certified full-time librarian.
The family notes that "Mrs. Mills' articulate way of writing and speaking was an inheritance from her great-grandfather, J.B.R. Lyon."
They continued that he and six of his seven sons, were associated with Greeneville journalism for more than a century. Mrs. Mills wrote many nonsensical poems for friends to use on special occasions. Her favorite form was the limerick. She had recently completed albums containing photographs and personal limericks about five generations of her family, which were for her two grandchildren.
Mrs. Mills attended Asbury United Methodist Church from her "Cradle Roll" days and became an active member Nov. 15, 1925. During her teen-age years, she led a monthly midweek prayer service; was a class teacher; a member of the adult choir from 1929-1965; and was active in missionary guilds. She was a former member of the Bement Swingle Sunday School Class, Bobbie Pierce Study Group, and the Reflections Choir.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Mills was a member of Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International; the Nolachuckey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; a charter member of the President Andrew Johnson Memorial Association; the local, state, and national Retired Teachers Association; and the GFWC Andrew Johnson Club.
Active participation in church and club activities had been curtailed because of health problems.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters: Lucille Jaynes Morgan and Mary Sue Jaynes Love, and by three brothers: Joseph Oliver Jaynes, James David "Big Jim" Jaynes, and Roe Lyon Jaynes, and an aunt: Rebecca Lyon Wilhoit, who was a "second mother "to Mrs. Mills.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law: Rebecca and Cliff McInturff; a granddaughter and her husband: Rebekah and Bryan Ricker; a grandson and his wife: Kyle and Donna McInturff; and four great-grandchildren: Rebecca Mary Grace Ricker, Emma Caroline Ricker, Joseph Tyler McInturff, and Sophia Marie McInturff; a sister: Kitty Lynn Jaynes Finchum; two sisters-in-law: Sylvia Jaynes of Kingsport and Lola Massey Jaynes; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today at Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Asbury United Methodist Church.
The body will be taken to the church 30 minutes prior to the service to lie in state.
Interment will be at 10:30 Wednesday morning in Andrew Johnson National Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be her nephews: Douglas Finchum, David Finchum, Matthew L. Jaynes, Joe E. Jaynes, Dr. Hugh D. Jaynes, Mike Ricker and Dr. Ralph White.
Honorary pallbearers will be R.W. Ayers, Joe Bewley, Leonard Coffman, Homer Davenport, Judge Thomas G. Hull, Jack Cummins, John Kilday, Paul Metcalfe, Woodrow Mitchell, Tommy Love, Wayland Wilhoit, Jake Williams, Dr. Michael Hartsell, Dr. Maynard Austin, Dr. William Smead, and the nurses and staff at Laughlin Health Care.
Mrs. Mills was a daughter of the late James Shipley and Azubah Earnest Lyon Jaynes.
In 1942, she married Kyle E. Mills, who preceded her in death on March 27, 1996.
Mrs. Mills attended Greeneville schools and was salutatorian of the 1933 Greeneville High School class. She attended Tusculum College for three years and received a bachelor of science degree from East Tennessee State College (now E.T.S. University) in Johnson City in 1940, and earned a master of arts degree, with a major in library science, in 1951, from that institution. In both college and high school, she was active in sports and several other extra-curricular activities.
Mrs. Mills taught in Greene County schools from 1936-42, and in Greeneville Junior High (now Middle School) from 1944-75. Here she served as librarian, being the second full-time librarian in the Greeneville system.
In 1964, she was selected by the local Chamber of Commerce as "Outstanding Teacher of the Year". Her biography appeared in the 1998 edition of "Who's Who of American Women."
After her early retirement, as long as her health permitted, she visited schools in both systems as a "show and tell" speaker about small antiques and dolls from her collection.
In the early 1980s, Mrs. Mills was asked by the Nolachuckey Elementary School parents' group to organize the library at the school.
For more than three years, two days a week, she, along with two mothers, volunteered to organize and operate this facility. For this service, the Greene County Board of Education presented her a plaque, and a permanent brass plaque was placed in the library in her honor.
A few years later, her daughter, Becki McInturff, became the school's first certified full-time librarian.
The family notes that "Mrs. Mills' articulate way of writing and speaking was an inheritance from her great-grandfather, J.B.R. Lyon."
They continued that he and six of his seven sons, were associated with Greeneville journalism for more than a century. Mrs. Mills wrote many nonsensical poems for friends to use on special occasions. Her favorite form was the limerick. She had recently completed albums containing photographs and personal limericks about five generations of her family, which were for her two grandchildren.
Mrs. Mills attended Asbury United Methodist Church from her "Cradle Roll" days and became an active member Nov. 15, 1925. During her teen-age years, she led a monthly midweek prayer service; was a class teacher; a member of the adult choir from 1929-1965; and was active in missionary guilds. She was a former member of the Bement Swingle Sunday School Class, Bobbie Pierce Study Group, and the Reflections Choir.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Mills was a member of Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International; the Nolachuckey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; a charter member of the President Andrew Johnson Memorial Association; the local, state, and national Retired Teachers Association; and the GFWC Andrew Johnson Club.
Active participation in church and club activities had been curtailed because of health problems.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters: Lucille Jaynes Morgan and Mary Sue Jaynes Love, and by three brothers: Joseph Oliver Jaynes, James David "Big Jim" Jaynes, and Roe Lyon Jaynes, and an aunt: Rebecca Lyon Wilhoit, who was a "second mother "to Mrs. Mills.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law: Rebecca and Cliff McInturff; a granddaughter and her husband: Rebekah and Bryan Ricker; a grandson and his wife: Kyle and Donna McInturff; and four great-grandchildren: Rebecca Mary Grace Ricker, Emma Caroline Ricker, Joseph Tyler McInturff, and Sophia Marie McInturff; a sister: Kitty Lynn Jaynes Finchum; two sisters-in-law: Sylvia Jaynes of Kingsport and Lola Massey Jaynes; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today at Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Asbury United Methodist Church.
The body will be taken to the church 30 minutes prior to the service to lie in state.
Interment will be at 10:30 Wednesday morning in Andrew Johnson National Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be her nephews: Douglas Finchum, David Finchum, Matthew L. Jaynes, Joe E. Jaynes, Dr. Hugh D. Jaynes, Mike Ricker and Dr. Ralph White.
Honorary pallbearers will be R.W. Ayers, Joe Bewley, Leonard Coffman, Homer Davenport, Judge Thomas G. Hull, Jack Cummins, John Kilday, Paul Metcalfe, Woodrow Mitchell, Tommy Love, Wayland Wilhoit, Jake Williams, Dr. Michael Hartsell, Dr. Maynard Austin, Dr. William Smead, and the nurses and staff at Laughlin Health Care.
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