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Joe and Ada Mills founded and operated Ozark Hardwood Manufacturing Company, Mills Oil Company, Ozark Box and Crating Corporation, and Ozark Hardwood Lumber Company. They also operated F&M Box and Crating Corporation in Caney in Montgomery County in southeastern [[Kansas]], and the Texas Container Corporation in Texarkana, Arkansas. In 1973, Mrs. Mills received the [[Small Business Administration]] "Businessperson of the Year" award. She served on numerous local, state, and national business commissions.<ref name=obit/>​

Joe and Ada Mills founded and operated Ozark Hardwood Manufacturing Company, Mills Oil Company, Ozark Box and Crating Corporation, and Ozark Hardwood Lumber Company. They also operated F&M Box and Crating Corporation in Caney in Montgomery County in southeastern [[Kansas]], and the Texas Container Corporation in Texarkana, Arkansas. In 1973, Mrs. Mills received the [[Small Business Administration]] "Businessperson of the Year" award. She served on numerous local, state, and national business commissions.<ref name=obit/>​

 

For more than four decades, she spearheaded the campaign to build a replacement bridge on Arkansas Highway 109 over the Arkansas River between Clarksville and the community of Morrison Bluff  in Logan County. The since-named Ada Mills Bridge is the longest such span in the state of Arkansas.<ref name=obit/>​

For more than four decades, she spearheaded the campaign to build a replacement bridge on Arkansas Highway 109 over the Arkansas River between Clarksville and the community of Morrison Bluff  in Logan County. The since-named Ada Mills Bridge is the longest such span in the state of Arkansas.<ref name=obit/>​

==Political activities==

==Political activities==

 

In 1972, Mills was a delegate to the 1972 [[Republican National Convention]] in Miami Beach, [[Florida]], in which she joined the unanimous Arkansas members in ratifying the re-nomination of the [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]-[[Spiro T. Agnew|Agnew]] ticket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#24600V0EV|title=Ada Mills|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate=September 8, 2010}}</ref>

In 1972, Mills was a delegate to the 1972 [[Republican National Convention]] in Miami Beach, [[Florida]], in which she joined the unanimous Arkansas members in ratifying the re-nomination of the [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]-[[Spiro T. Agnew|Agnew]] ticket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#24600V0EV|title=Ada Mills|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate=September 8, 2010}}</ref>

==References==

==References==

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