CENTREVILLE — Services for Mildred R. Field, 96, of Centreville, who died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Elmcroft of Rivershire Senior Living Community in Conroe, Texas, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Thomson Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery in Centreville under the direction of Newman Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Field was born September 23, 1915, in Memphis, Tenn. She grew up in Jackson and graduated from Central High School and Millsaps College. In 1937, she moved to Centreville to teach school. She married Dr. Samuel Eugene Field of Centreville on Oct. 27, 1939, and remained a lifelong resident of Centreville. She was a long-time active member of Thomson Memorial Presbyterian Church. She was an English teacher, owned and operated a ladies dress and gift shop and was a licensed real estate sales agent. She was a gifted artist, had many one-man shows across the state of Mississippi, and her paintings now hang in many homes and commercial establishments across the region. She was a leader in the effort to establish the Centreville-Camp VanDorn Museum, a museum dedicated in 2004 to the 40,000 veterans who trained at the World War II training camp located just outside the city limits of Centreville. In 2000, at age 84, she was honored as one of Mississippi’s Ageless Heroes, a program created by Blue Cross/Blue Shield to celebrate the spirit and vitality of our nation’s seniors.

Mrs. Field was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Samuel Eugene Field; parents, Sarah Wilson Ruoff and Henry Louis Ruoff; one sister, Helen Ruoff Fleming; one son, Robert Louis Field; and one grandson, Samuel Eugene Field, III “Trip.”

Survivors one daughter, Molly Field Stout and husband, Ray, of Houston; one daughter-in-law, Marianna Robbins Field; two granddaughters, Robbin Field Riordan and husband, Michael, of Roswell, Ga. and Sarah Field Norris and husband, Jeff, of Jackson; one son, Dr. Samuel Eugene Field Jr. and wife, Michelle, of Baton Rouge; one granddaughter, Polly Field Hubbell and husband, War, of Lake Oswego, Oreg.; two grandsons, Dr. Samuel Blount Field and wife, Kelly, of Baton Rouge and Harry Field of Huntsville, Ala.; six great-grandsons and six great-granddaughters.

Memorials may be made to Thomson Memorial Presbyterian Church, Post Office Box 309, Centreville, MS 39631 or to Camp Van Dorn WWII Museum, Post Office Box 1113, Centreville, MS 39631.