Mrs. Mildred Elizabeth Long Willis, age 94, passed away at Memory Lane Assisted Living in Bowdon, Georgia on January 25, 2012. Mildred was born April 8, 1917 in her parent's home in the Little Vine Community just outside of Bremen. She was employed 11 years at Sewell Manufacturing Company in Bremen and employed 30 years at Sewell Manufacturing Company in Bowdon. After Sewell Manufacturing Company, Mildred was a door-greeter for Wal-Mart in Carrollton for 19 years, working at all three Wal-Mart locations. Mildred retired from Wal-Mart in October of 2007 at the young age of 89. She loved her family, loved to work and loved her independence. She will be laid to rest next to her husband where they were lifelong members in Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Haralson County only a mile from where she grew up on Old Bush Mill Road. Mildred was a loving mother, grandmother, and MeMe to her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandson and a friend to all. She will be missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert E. & Emily Pearl Swann Long; husband, Earl E. Willis; sister and brother in law, Maggie Hendrix and Felix of Lineville, AL.; brothers and sisters in law, Homer and Merle Jackson Long of Tallapoosa and Wilbur and Vene Robinson Long of Mabank, Texas. She is also preceded in death by her sisters in law, Thelma Willis and Eula Willis of Buchanan, Vera Willis Autry of Bremen, Beulah Willis Dennis of Buchanan and brother in law, Billy Willis of Bremen. Survivors include her sons and daughters in law, Donnie Earl & Yvonne Brock Willis of Bowdon and Lester Dale & Jane Spence Willis of the Lowell Community; grandchildren, Kim & Tony Sanders of Heflin, AL., Chris Willis of Oxford, Pennsylvania, Shea & Deron Crook and Jay Willis all of the Lowell Community; great grandchildren, Gary Sanders & Chelsey, Cory Sanders, Gracie Sanders all of Heflin and Kaylee Crook of Lowell; great great grandson, Carson David Sanders of Heflin; brother and sister in law, Ronald L. & Doris Kiser Long of Buchanan and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 2 PM from Bethel Baptist Church in Bremen with Rev. Scott Estes and Rev. Van Brown officiating. The body will be placed in the church from 1 PM until the funeral hour. Pallbearers will be the following gentlemen: Donnie Willis, Dale Willis, Chris Willis, Jay Willis, Tony Sanders, Gary Sanders, Cory Sanders and Deron Crook. Interment will follow in church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 5 PM until 8 PM. Messages of condolences may be made to www.martin-hightower.com. Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel of Carrollton has charge of the arrangements.