Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
4:46 pm Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Shirley Grueter Mills

Shirley Grueter Mills

April 11, 2013

Shirley “Shirley Jo” Josephine Grueter Mills, 74, Phil Campbell, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013, at her residence surrounded by her family and friends.

Funeral services were Monday, April 15, 2013, at Akins Funeral home, Russellville, with Father Jim Hedderman officiating.

She was preceded in death by husbands, Albert Ray Mobley, James Milton Chaapel, James Edward Chaapel; daughter, Sophia Louise Chaapel; sister, Katherine Grueter; brother, Andrew “Andy” Grueter.

She leaves to cherish her memory: children, Lucinda “Lulu” Pounders and husband, James D., Deanna “Dede” Mobley, Judjodie “JJ” Chaapel, Calandra “C-Jay” Jones-McGatha, Sarah McCarley and husband, William; brother, Joe Grueter; sister, Virginia J. Durgin; 15 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews.

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