Graveside services for Donna Jean Sills Mize, of Bowling Green and formerly of Cadiz, will be 2 PM Saturday at East End Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 9:30-11:30 AM Saturday at Johnson Vaughn Phelps Funeral Home in Bowling Green.
Survivors include:
First cousin, William B. Nunn (Carolyn), of Charleston, Indiana;
Second cousin and God sister, Lorrie Young (Terry Wayne), of Custer;
Second cousins, Cathy Bennett (Bruce), Mary Beth Dowell (Donnie) and Terry Allgood (David), and Tony Ritchie, all of Ekron
And special friends: Sandy Forshee, Helen Hatchette and Janis Dethridge, all of Bowling Green.
She died Sunday, September 10, 2023 at Greenwood Nursing and Rehab in Bowling Green.
She was the daughter of the late John W. and Daphne Tucker Sills, and the sister of the late John Jr., June Charmaine and Charles Sills. Her grandparents were the late Luther A. and Birdie Blane Tucker and Andrew Marvin and Mary Wimberly Sills.
A graduate of Trigg County High School and Western Kentucky University receiving degrees in elementary education, general education and administration with an emphasis in supervision, she was also a past member and secretary of Jaycettes, Jaycees and the ADK sorority.
She was a retired teacher of 30 years for the Warren County School System, an employee of the Bowling Green Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and a skin care consultant for Doctor’s Rodan and Fields dermatologists.
She also had been an employee of CDS #1 and Western Kentucky University, a member of the Warren County Education Association, a member of the Kentucky Retired Teachers Association, a member of the Eastern Star and Rainbow Girls of Hopkinsville.
Mize loved people, animals, the arts, antiques, plants and gardening. She was also an avid basketball fan, especially for UK and WKU.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society. Online condolences may be made at jvpfh.com.
