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She is a native of Rappahannock County and attended the Forest Grove School through the seventh grade. She wanted to continue schooling past the seventh grade, but her mother forbid her to ride the school bus because she didn’t like the bus driver.
Not only does running the store seven days a week keep her busy, Mrs. Mills also does upholstering, right in the back of the shop. There is always some piece of furniture being worked on; last week it was an ottoman which she was upholstering to match a chair which she completed earlier. She said, “This way 1 meet everybody, I stay happy. It gives me a reason to get out of bed every morning. I have a good time and I enjoy it. Why leave it until I have to?”
Also in the back half of the store is Zero the parrot. He seems perfectly content to perch in his cage, and is a very friendly fellow who greets most customers with a “hello,” which Mrs. Mills says is the extent of his vocabulary. She said, “Some people he really likes and he says hello. If he doesn’t, he screams at them like a green crow. Just squawks!”
One of Mrs. Mills’ sons used to have a pet store, and when he closed it, the inventory was brought to Mills Store to sell. It is probably the only country store in the county, maybe in the state, that sells fish food.
Staple items are available in the store, such as bread, dairy products, paper goods and canned goods. There is a huge candy selection, and an old style ice cream freezer, with the little doors that open on the top.
Mrs. Mills made and sold sandwiches until recently, when the health department said she couldn't because of the lack of running water. Her favorite sandwich, and she claims she sold a lot of them, is dill pickle with American cheese and mayonnaise. She used to fry bologna on the woodstove, and she still loves to cook a pot of soup beans on it all day long. She did this last Monday. Because it was a snow day for the local schools, she had five grandchildren sharing the beans with her, and seven men who stopped by.
Before the Mills’ took over the store, Mr. Utz sold dried apples, prunes, beans, flour, cornmeal, sugar
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