Lucille Foster Mills

Lucille Vera Foster Mills, 90, of Asheville, passed peacefully into Heaven Sunday, January 25, 2009, at the Universal Health Care Center in Fletcher surrounded in her final hours by her loving and devoted family. Mrs. Mills will be remembered by all fortunate enough to have known her as a very caring person. She was called upon many times during her lifetime to care for an ailing family member. As a young woman, she provided 24 hour attendance to her ailing paternal grandmother. During the years of her marriage, her husband served his country in the Armed Forces which put Mrs. Mills in the position of single parent for two young girls. She was a loving daughter, attending to her father in his elder years. As a private duty in-home care provider, caring for others was her profession, too. Mrs. Mills enjoyed varied hobbies and interests including cooking, keeping up with current events and puzzle books. Her true love was spending time with her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. She will be missed at Universal Health Care Center where she resided for the past three years and made many friends. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Mrs. Mills was born on August 31, 1918 to the late James Edward Foster and Altha Cogburn Foster. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Carole Jean Mills, two brothers, Howard Foster and Junius Foster and four sisters, Nell Foster Sorrells , Glynnis Foster Lockhart, Edna Foster Byrd and Carolyn Foster Stuman. Mrs. Mills is survived by one daughter, Mary Francis Basso and her husband Olindo of Iron Mountain, MI, five grandchildren, Sherry Harwood and her husband Ricky of Greenville, TN, Michael English and his wife Debra of Andrews, NC, Linda Newton and her husband Brian of Mooresville, NC, Terry Atkins of Arden, NC and Adonia Basso of Iron Mountain, MI. Also remaining are four great-grandchildren, Carissa English Cornwell of Andrews, Candice Newton of Mooresville, Sean Newton of Charlotte and Kurtis English of Murphy and three great-great-grandchildren, Hunter and Kaleb Cornwell and Breanna Newton. A memorial service is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. Saturday, January 31st in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home on Patton Ave. with the Reverend Danny Jenkins officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. The family would like to give special thanks to the staffs of Universal Health Care Center and Four Seasons Hospice.