Ada Mills
| Ada Mills | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ada Belle Parks |
| Died | September 30, 2001 (aged 89) Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | University of the Ozarks |
| Occupation |
Businesswoman Political activist |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Joe B. Mills (married 1933-1997, his death) |
| Children |
Jim Pat Mills |
Ada Belle Parks
March 4, 1912
Prairie Grove
Washington County
Jim Pat Mills
Joanie McCleskey
Ada Belle Parks Mills (March 4, 1912 – September 30, 2001) was a Republican political activist in the U.S. state of Arkansas who in 1980 was the only delegate initially committed to the candidacy for president of former Governor John B. Connally, Jr., of Texas. Connally spent some $11 million in his 13-month primary campaign, which ended in withdrawal following his loss to Ronald W. Reagan of California in the South Carolina primary. Mrs. Mills received brief national media attention as the "$11 million delegate."
Mills was born in Prairie Grove in Washington County in northwestern Arkansas to Clifford Parks and the former Belle Simmons. She was an active promoter of her alma mater, the Presbyterian-affiliated University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, the county seat of Johnson County, Arkansas. She graduated from the institution in 1931, and two years later, she and her husband, Joe B. Mills (1909–1997), were the first to be married in the then newly opened chapel on the campus. She was a long-term president of the university's alumni association, a member of its board of trustees, and in 1970 was awarded an honorary doctorate.
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