Funeral services for Mr. James R. Lucas, 94, of Cochran who died Thursday, December 15, 2011 will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, December 17, 2011 in the Chapel of Fisher Funeral Home. Burial will be in Salem Baptist Cemetery in Bleckley County.

Mr. Lucas was born in Twiggs County, the son of the late Rob and Mattie Herndon Lucas. He was a retired farmer and member of Salem Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife of 73 years, Hazel Smith Lucas of Cochran;

2 daughters, Linda L. (Al) Dykes and Frances L. (Jody) Lucas, both of Cochran; daughter-in-law, Sue S. Lucas of Cochran; 2 brothers, Jack Lucas and Frank (Roberta) Lucas, both of Cochran; 7 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, James Delacy Lucas, a brother, Colonel Lucas and a sister, Mozelle Grimsley.

The family may be contacted at the residence on Montrose Road and will meet friends following the service.

Macon- Hilda Johnston Mills, of Twiggs County, Georgia, died August 7, 2011 at her home at the age of 95. She was born in Bullard, in Twiggs County, on November 1, 1915, the youngest of 14 children of William Warren Johnston, Sr. and Mary Lowe Johnston.

She graduated with honors from Young Harris Junior College, Young Harris, Georgia, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Science from LaGrange College, La Grange, Georgia. Her post-graduate studies were done at Emory University in Atlanta and George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Before her marriage to the late Harry A. Mills II, she taught science, mathematics, English, and Latin in the Stewart County and Jones County High Schools. Mrs. Mills retired from teaching after 10 years of service at Lena H. Cox Elementary School in Atlanta.