Brother W.A. Milton, Jr. and Brother W.T. Millis, Jr. were both initiated into Alpha Gamma Rho at the University of Florida in 1955 and 1954, respectively. After graduation in 1956 they served together in the U.S. Army at Fort Knox, Ky and returned to their home state of Florida after their military service.

W.A. Milton, Jr. became County Judge of Lake County, Florida in January 1961. W.T. Mills, Jr. became the Chief Counselor of the Lake County Juvenile Court in January 1961. In 1971, W.T. Mills became an area supervisor for the Division of Youth Services for the State of Florida. Milton became County Court Judge of Lake County in 1973. Mills left government service in 1973 and began a career with CSX Railway Systems.
Milton completed his law studies at the University of Florida and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1982. He retired from the bench in 1985 and practiced law until his retirement in 1995. Mills retired from CSX Systems in 1987 and returned to his childhood community in Marion County, Florida, where he has devoted himself to community affairs, his church, has continued farming and restores and sells antique furniture.

At a recent event at which Mills received the R. David Thomas Foundations Child Advocate of the Year Award, Milton gave much credit to Mills for his success in working with children. Mills spoke of Milton’s devotion to the youth of their community and state during his twenty-four year career on the bench and his forty-two years as a Kiwanis leader in the community.

What is so fascinating about their story is that these two men met in 1952 and cemented their friendship in Alpha Gamma Rho and over 50 years later are still neighbors, going to Florida football games together and still work for the betterment of their communities. n
 

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