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Do not fill this in! ==Personal life== [[File:Ernestina Mills and Michelle Obama.jpg|thumb|[[First Lady of Ghana|First Lady]] Ernestina Mills, wife of John Atta Mills, with [[Michelle Obama]] in 2012]] He was married to [[Ernestina Naadu Mills]] (nΓ©e Botchway),<ref>{{cite web |title=Ghana Districts - A repository of all districts in the republic of Ghana |url=http://www.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/news/?read=21457 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213033333/http://www.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/news/?read=21457 |archive-date=13 December 2014 |work=ghanadistricts Government Ghana}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=3 January 2009 |title=Profile of President-Elect Mills |url=http://ghanalinx.com/profile-of-president-elect-mills/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211111014/http://ghanalinx.com/profile-of-president-elect-mills/ |archive-date=11 December 2014 |work=ghanalinx.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=GhanaDot.com ....Profile of President-Elect Mills |url=http://www.ghanadot.com/personalities.mills.010309.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906163620/http://www.ghanadot.com/personalities.mills.010309.html |archive-date=6 September 2015 |work=ghanadot.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Nii Marma |title=mijaku.com - Profiles of the NDC presidential and vice presidential candidates |url=http://mijaku.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=728&Itemid=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309154639/http://mijaku.com/index.php?id=728&itemid=2&option=com_content&task=view |archive-date=9 March 2016 |work=mijaku.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=6 April 2007 |title=Meet Naadu Mills |url=http://www.modernghana.com/news/133520/1/meet-naadu-mills.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220042916/http://www.modernghana.com/news/133520/1/meet-naadu-mills.html |archive-date=20 December 2014 |work=modernghana.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=30 November 2001 |title=Profile of President-Elect Mills |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=155622 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111033212/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=155622 |archive-date=11 January 2016 |work=ghanaweb}}</ref> an educator, and had a son, Sam Kofi Atta Mills.<ref name="bbcbio"/> He was raised a [[Protestant]] in the [[Methodist]] tradition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2012 |title=Veep calls for nation to celebrate life of President Mills |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Veep-calls-for-nation-to-celebrate-life-of-President-Mills-247413 |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}</ref> He was a distant cousin of the prominent [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] [[lawyer]], [[Thomas Hutton-Mills Jr.|Thomas Hutton-Mills, Jr]]. He was a good friend to [[T. B. Joshua]] of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria and regularly visited his church. He said, following his inauguration, that Joshua had prophesied that it would take him three elections to win the presidency and that the result would be released in January.<ref>{{cite news|first=Simon |last=Ateba |title='T.B. Joshua Predicted My Victory' β Ghana's Leader |url=http://thepmnews.com/2009/01/12/tb-joshua-predicted-my-victory-%E2%80%94ghana%E2%80%99s-leader |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231191030/http://thepmnews.com/2009/01/12/tb-joshua-predicted-my-victory-%E2%80%94ghana%E2%80%99s-leader |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 December 2011 |work=PM News |date=12 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tawiah |first=Francis |date=15 September 2010 |title=President Mills's Top Secret Trip To T.B. Joshua in Nigeria |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/296262/president-millss-top-secret-trip-to-tb-joshua-in-nigeria.html |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=Modern Ghana}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Ademola |last=Adegbamigbe |title=Mill's Day at the Synagogue |url=http://thenewsng.com/article/1613 |work=The News |date=19 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007010043/http://thenewsng.com/article/1613 |archive-date=7 October 2011 }}</ref> As a sports administrator, he contributed to the Ghana Hockey Association, National Sports Council of Ghana, Ghana Olympic Committee and [[Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club]]. He enjoyed [[field hockey]] and swimming, and once played for the national hockey team (he remained a member of the Veterans Hockey Team until his death).<ref name="bbcbio"/><ref name="NDC"/> He was also a board member of Hearts of Oak and a [[Manchester United]] fan.<ref name="aljaz2">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Ghana's John Atta Mills |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/07/201272418518976657.html |date=24 July 2012 |access-date=26 July 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725075351/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/07/201272418518976657.html |archive-date=25 July 2012 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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