Obituary: John Andrew Bills
John Andrew Bills ~ February 17, 1935 – June 19, 2023 (age 88)
John Andrew Bills was born February 17, 1935, to the late George E. Bills and the late Pearl Ada Futrell Bills in Hickory Valley, Tennessee.
His funeral service was held at Mays Hill Missionary Baptist Church on Friday June 23, 2023, at 1 p.m. with Pastor Shelton Herrington in charge. Burial was in the Church Cemetery and Dixie Funeral Home was in charge of the professional service.
Mr. Bills was the beloved grandson of the late Mr. Andrew Bills and Mrs. Ellen Spinks Bills. He was also the grandson of the late Mr. John Futrell and Mrs. Mary Louise (Molly) McKinnie Futrell. He proudly accepted, cherished, and honored the name of both grandfathers, (John and Andrew).
He made his transition on June 19, 2023 at Jackson General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee.
Mr. Bills accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior at an early age and united with Mt. Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Hardeman County, Hickory Valley, Tennessee. He loved the church and assisted financially when he could. Mr. Bills was a loving, caring, and generous person, and was a praying man and believed in God and God’s timing.
After completing high school, he went to work at the City Lumber Company in Hickory Valley, Tennessee. After moving to Chicago, he was employed by the Kirchheimer Brothers Paper Co. and Chicago Paper Handlers’ and Electrotypers’. He had great culinary skills as he would prepare special meals when we visited him in Chicago. Mr. Bills was happily married to Virginia Tyson “Jennie” for many years. They did not have children together, however, he was a father to Virginia’s children. God blessed John to have a wonderful nephew by the name of Mark Wayne Bills who when he heard that John was ill, went to Chicago and brought him to his home in Tennessee. He loved his uncle so much that he kept him at his home for more than three months. He took care of his financial responsibilities, all medical necessities and doctors’ appointments. God put this amazing, generous, and loving young man in John’s life for a reason. No one could have been more attentive.
Thank you Mark for taking care of your uncle in Tennessee. Milton Deshun Bills was his uncle John’s right hand man and chauffer for several years in Chicago. Thank you! Mr. Bills was preceded in death by his parents; eight brothers, Joe Louis Bills, D.C. Bills, Prentice Bills, Lorenzo Bills, George Jeff Bills, Forest Bills, Paul David Bills, and a baby boy that was still born; one sister, Dorothy Euvell Bills. Mr. Bills leaves to cherish his memory one brother, Milton Bills of Chicago, Illinois; four sisters, Dr. Juanita Bills Johnson of Trenton, Tennessee, Hattie Pearl Price (Reverend Erby) of Bolivar, Tennessee, and Earnestine Bills McNeal and Mary Louis Bills both of Bolivar, Tennessee; a nephew who was more like a brother, Mark Wayne Bills of Hickory Valley, Tennessee; one sister-in-law, Hazel Jones Bills of Chicago, Illinois; and several nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Courtesy of Dixie Funeral Home, Bolivar, Tennessee.
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