Judy Lee Mills Loftin-Walker, age 78, peacefully passed away at home in Payson, Utah surrounded by love. Judy was born to Guy Hines and Betty Jane Bloom Mills on June 2, 1947, in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was one of seven children and grew up in Bluewater, New Mexico. Judy graduated from Grants High School in Grants, New Mexico with the class of 1965.
As a teen, Judy became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was married to David Loftin who passed away in 2001. Before moving to Utah, Judy lived in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. She found love again and married her second husband, Douglas Preston Walker in Tennessee.
Judy worked as a Target sales associate for nearly 30 years. She cherished time at home and enjoyed putting puzzles together, drawing, and embroidering. She tended to her flowers and plants and loved to decorate for the holidays. She found peace being surrounded by the beauty of nature in the mountains.
Judy was proud of her family, and her great-grandchildren were the light of her life. She is survived by her children: Dawn (Maury) Henderson, Nephi, Utah, Tanya Smith, Eustis, Florida, and Jimmy Loftin, Eustis, Florida; eight grandchildren: Forrest Ewell, Logan Henderson, Dannika Henderson, Malakye Henderson, Jessica Evans, Shelby Dauksas, Jason Garcia, and Joshua Trevino; ten great-grandchildren, River Ewell, Sky Ewell, Lindsey Hill, Roran Hill, Jayson Garcia, Hannah Moreau, Kellen Guerra, Josh Barnhill, Carson Evans, and Eden Evans; siblings, Richard (Bonnie) Mills, El Paso, Texas, Barbara Patterson, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Gay Fox, La Luz, New Mexico, and Sandy (Ray) Jenkins, Bluewater, New Mexico. She also leaves behind her nieces and nephews, Sandra Jean Wheeler, Georgia, Shawn Merritt, Georgia, Lynn Renee Clemens, Louisiana, Shay Merritt, Georgia, Gary Mills, New Mexico, Michael Mills, New Mexico and Deborah Borchers, Georgia.
Judy was preceded in death by her parents, her husband David Loftin, sister Nannette Merritt, brother Kenneth Ray Mills, and nephew Robert Wesley Thorton.
A celebration of life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located at 780 West 500 South in Payson, Utah. Visitation will be prior from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at the church. Interment will be in Vine Bluff Cemetery, 400 East 400 North, Nephi, Utah.
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