KANNAPOLIS – Ella Louise Mills, 58, of Big Elm Nursing Center, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord. She was born July 1, 1948, in Cabarrus County. Service: 11 a.m. Friday, Whitley’s Funeral Home. Burial: Carolina Memorial Park. Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.