On Sunday, January 22, 2023, Ozella Sexton Mills went home to her Lord. She was preceded in her heavenly flight by her husband of 56 years, Billy Joe Mills; her son, Donnie Wayne Mills; her parents Henry and Annie Burris Sexton; and three brothers: Emburs (infant), Riley Sexton, and Amburs Sexton. She was a homemaker and a member of the Rock Springs Baptist Church.
She is survived by her daughter Brenda Powell (Stephen); her son Joie Mills (Delores); her grandsons: Chris Hodge (Crystal), JoJo Mills (Sami), and Kelly Hodge (Jacie); her great-grandchildren: Joshua and Kayla Hodge, Lucy, Will, and J.D. Mills, and Erica Williams; her great-great grandchildren: Destiny and Hodge Stephens, Daulton Brummitt, Blaine Mooneyhan, and Ryder Williams; her two sisters: Louise Hughes and Doris Smith; along with several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday at the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home with burial in the Hiseville Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.