Class of 1948
1948 Maroon Spotlight
Billy Mills
Student Council 47-48.
1948 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Billy Mills, 19, son of H. G. Mills of 723 Ninth street, was born Sept 3, 1928, in Perry, and attended grade school in Hobbs, N. M., and Brownfield, Texas.
He has been a Teen Town citizen since 1945 and served on the student council this year. He also participated in basketball from 1943 to 1946. Following graduation he intends to work.
Billy Ray Mills
September 3, 1928 – November 4, 1962
Billy Ray Mills, 34, a construction engineer, had been employed in oil field work in Oklahoma and Texas. He was fatally injured about 2 a.m. Sunday in a two-car head on collision near Graham, Texas. Mills was one of three men killed in the crash.
Born Sept. 3, 1928, in Perry, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. (Buster) Mills, 1008 Fifth street. Mills graduated from high school here in 1948. He was a member of the First Baptist church.
He was married June 7, 1950, in Oklahoma City, to the former Donna Rudolph of Perry. His wife is among the survivors. Their home is in Odessa, Texas.
In addition to his wife and parents, survivors include a son, Jon, and two daughters, Jenny and Jerri, of the home in Odessa; and a brother, Dick, Perry.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Newton chapel. Rev. H. E. Alsup, pastor of the First Baptist church, will officiate and burial will be in Grace Hill cemetery.