April 2, 1944 –

August 29, 2013

Willis L. Mills, 69, of Bainbridge, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2013 at Memorial Hospital.

The family will receive friends from Tuesday, September 3, 2013 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Ivey Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers please send donations to: Memorial Hospital Foundation, 1500 E. Shotwell Street, Bainbridge, GA 39819.

Willis L. Mills was born April 2, 1944 in Tallahassee, Fla., the son of Charlie Wilburn Mills Sr. and Lou Edith Keigans Mills. He loved to coon hunt and fish. He was a route salesman with Budweiser/Anheuser-Busch, Golden Flake Chips, and Borden’s Dairy.

Survivors include his, daughter Jean Mills and her fiancé, Jorge Laguna, of Tallahassee, Fla.; his sister, Shirley Cofer of Thomasville, Ga.; step-daughters Terri Stout and Theresa Habet of Tallahassee, Fla.; step-sons Lester Tatum of Quincy, Fla., and Danny Bloom of Tallahassee, Fla.; as well as many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his sister Mattie Wimberly; and his brothers, Charlie Mills Jr., Roy Mills, and James Mills. May he rest in peace.

Ivey Funeral Home is in charge of arragements