Melanie Mils
Posted: July 22, 2017
COLUMBUS — Melanie Jane Jones Mills, 54, died July 21, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-GT. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel with Mel Howton officiating. Interment will follow in Christian Chapel Cemetery in Millport, Alabama. Visitation will be from 12:30-2 p.m. prior to services at the funeral home. Lowndes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Mills was born Apr. 13, 1963, in Memphis, Tennessee, to the late Ed and Nancy Thomas Jones. She was formerly employed as Head Coordinator to the Vice President of World Wide Sales at FedEx for 15 years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Judith Lepord. She is survived by her husband of 39 years, William Richard Mills of Columbus; daughters, Ashley Nicole Mills and Chelsea Michelle Mills, both of Columbus; sister, Christy Oakley of Memphis; brothers, Jackie Jones and Eddie Jones, both of Memphis. Memorials may be made to the National MS Society, P.O. Box 4527, New York, NY 10163.