Mabel Ruth Mills was born in 1924 in Byhalia, Mississippi. Her parents were Hubert Franklin Mills 1893-1980) and Susan Viola Myers (1896-1978). Her grandparents were Julius Franklin Mills (1849-1921), Ceansey Artemesia Porterfield 91861-1924), Walter Marmaduke Myers and Corrie Cornelia Lee. Ancestors and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee.