![]() Survivors include daughter, Terri (Ben) Dickinson of Maumelle son, Greg (Karen) Mills of Cary, North Carolina grandsons, Justin Stivers, Taylor (Michelle) Mills and Logan Mills (Cindy Blanco). In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by the love of his life, Jewell Yvonne Speights Mills in November 2020 after sixty-five years of marriage. Mills also designed and built his own seismograph to detect seismic activity several states away and built his own computer, before it was commonplace. He was granted two United States patents among other accomplishments for his work for NASA. Some of his many projects and achievements include assisting with the design and function of the arm of the space shuttle, along with helping to design the optics on the Hubble Space Telescope on which his name is affixed. Gerald was a highly skilled electronics engineer. His hobbies included camping, sailing, traveling and golf. Mills graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas A life long student, he enjoyed studying Astronomy and Physics, which he continued doing until the last weeks of his life. He was born Jin Haskell, Arkansas to the late Roy and Maurine Atchinson Mills. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gerald Alan Mills, 84, of Maumelle passed from this life on February 11, 2021. ![]()
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