Helen Harbin Mills

Helen Harbin Mills, 89, of the Laurels of Greentree Ridge, formerly of 2 West Looking Glass Lane, Asheville, died Saturday, August 30, 2003, at Greentree Ridge. Mrs. Mills was born in Haywood County and was a daughter of the late Chester and Inez Garrett Harbin. She was married to Amos Mills who died December 28, 2002. She was retired from Beacon Mfg. Co. and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Swannanoa. She is survived by a daughter, Inez Gasperson and her husband Robert of Naples; a son John Mills and his wife Deanna of Asheville; six grandchildren, Lisa Childs and her husband Walt of Asheville, John Mills and his wife Caryn of Arden, Brian Mills of Knoxville, TN, Kim Justice and her husband Ron of Hendersonville, Jimmy Gasperson and his wife Stacey of Mountain Home and Karen Ensley and her husband Kevin of Candler; eight great-grandchildren; and one brother, Carroll Harbin of Swannanoa. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Tuesday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Revs. Dan Snyder and Richard Merck officiating. Burial will be at Mountain View Memorial Park, Black Mountain. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service and request that memorials be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813. Her family expresses sincere appreciation to the nursing staff of Greentree Ridge for the loving and concerned care they provided for Mrs. Mills.