Wilbur E. Mills

Wilbur E. ""Bud"" Mills, Jr., 65, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, April 4, 2008 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Mills was born April 1, 1943, in Ironton, Mo. He was a member of New Covenant Fellowship Church, and had retired in 1999 from M&A Electric Coop. Since 1989, Mr. Mills and his wife Linda owned and operated Milestones Video Productions, in Poplar Bluff. He also served in the Missouri National Guard.
On Dec. 18, 1964, he married Linda Rushing, in Poplar Bluff. She survives.
Other survivors include his daughter, Stephana Deckard and husband Gene, of Naylor; two sons, Roderick Mills and wife Elizabeth, of Fairbanks, Alaska and Robert Mills and wife Roberta, of Yelm, Wash.; mother, Maydeen (Cook) Mills, of Poplar Bluff; and 12 grandchildren.
Mr. Mills was preceded in death by his father, Wilbur E. Mills, Sr.
Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m. Sunday at Cotrell Funeral Chapel, in Poplar Bluff. A graveside service and burial will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Cochran Cemetery, off County Road 488, in Butler County. The Rev. Jerry Moore will officiate.