Virginia F. Lawson Mills

FUNERAL SERVICE: 10:00 a.m. Wednesday October 22, 2014 at Faith Wesleyan Church 6751 S. Carlisle Street Terre Haute, IN OFFICIATING CLERGY: Rev. Steve Mills FINAL RESTING PLACE: New Harmony Cemetery Prairieton, Vigo County, IN VISITATION: 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Monday at Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home Columbus, IN. ADDITIONAL VISITATION: 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Faith Wesleyan Church Terre Haute, IN Virginia F. Lawson Mills, 79, of North Vernon, IN, passed away at 12:33 p.m. Friday October 17, 2014 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born February 14, 1935 in Shoals, IN. Virginia was preceded in death by her first husband, Rev. John Lawson in 2000 and then married Rev. Paul E. Mills on December 28, 2002 and he survives. She worked as a bookkeeper for Hayhurst and Hayhurst, an accounting firm in Terre Haute and was a member of the Scottsburg Wesleyan Church where she was Sunday School Superintendant and played the organ. Virginia and her husbands pastored several Wesleyan Churches in Southern Indiana where she was an active member of the South District of the Wesleyan Church, serving as auditor for the south district. She was very faithful to the Wesleyan Camp Meetings and Conferences. Virginia is survived by her husband,Paul; a son, John Lawson, Jr. of Terre Haute; step-sons, Richard Lawson of Terre Haute and Steve (Karen) Mills of Cincinnati OH; step-daughters, Mary(Roy) Stroud of West Lebanon, IN; Linda (Steve) Young, of Terre Haute; Kathy (Mike) Weinart of CA; Diana (Philip) Clouse of Indianapolis and Pam (Sid) Compton of Westfield, NY. She also leaves behind a sister, Alma (Sam) Wagoner of Shoals, IN and several grandchildren, great grandchildren and nieces and nephews.