Millirons, Wilma Phipps

Wilma Phipps Millirons, 68, of Dublin, passed away, Sunday, June 9, 2013. She was born December 17, 1944, in Tennessee. Wilma was a member of the Goshen United Methodist Church; she also received a degree in Geriatrics and Human Services from New River Community College. She is preceded in death by her father, Silas Phipps; and her husband, Vance Millirons.

She is survived by her mother, Stella Wilder Myers; two granddaughters, Katlyn Marie Byrd and Andreana Byrd; two daughters, Connie and Steve Byrd, of Pulaski and Janet Millirons and companion, Rickey Umberger, of Little Creek; brother, Thomas and Donnie Phipps, of Little Creek; two sisters, Wanda and Denver Gray, of Seymour, Ind. And Irene and Terry Mullins, of Tazewell; stepmother, Betty Phipps, of Tazewell; several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at the Barnett Funeral Chapel, with Reverend Derick Cowan officiating. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 13, 2013, at the Millirons Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to the Bland Co. Rescue Squad, or the Millirons Church Cemetery Fund. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.highlandfuneralservice.com. Barnett Funeral Home, Wytheville, is serving the Millirons family.