Methodist Hix Mills was born on January 24, 1878 in Johnson County, Texas to William Falkner Mills and Corah Jane Hix.

He married Juliana Edna [Last Name unknown].

They had the following children: Francis B Mills and Mary Sue Mills.

He died on December 9, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Obituary published on December 10, 1946 in The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).

M Hicks Mills, Attorney, Dies–

M Hicks Mills, 68, city attorney, 922 NW 16, and former county attorney for Greer County, died at 11:45 am in Hubbard Hospital. Mills suddenly became ill Friday night in his home and was admitted to the hospital early Saturday.

A native of Hillsboro TX, Mills was reared in Mangum. After receiving a degree in law from the University of Texas, he practiced law at Mangum and was county attorney there six years. Subsequently, he moved to Tulsa and practiced with the firm of Koplin and Jamison. Practicing there four years, he moved to Seminole and then to Wewoka.

He became partly inactive in practice when he came to Oklahoma City about nine years ago and did not maintain a downtown office.

A Knight of Pythias, he was a member of the Oklahoma State Bar Association, and St Luke’s Methodist Church. Services are pending at Smith & Kernke funeral home.

Mills is survived by his wife, Edna; a daughter, Mary Sue Gottschall of Los Angeles CA; a son, Lt Col Francis B Mills of Washington DC; a granddaughter, Cynthia Ann Mills of Washington DC; three brothers, J T and W S of Lubbock TX, W T of Karnask TX; and four sisters, Mrs J F Edleman, Mrs J B Robinson, and Mrs W T Hacker, all of Lubbock; and Mrs W B Brock of Long Beach CA.