AIKEN, SC – MR. ROY VEE MILLS, 87, husband of the late Pauline Barbee Mills, died Monday, May 18, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Shellhouse – Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Rd., Aiken, SC, with The Rev. Michael Dyar officiating. Interment will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Larry Wayne Mills II, Roy Scot Mills, Danny Douglas Mills II, David Booth, Ashley Heaton and Dr. John Rearden. The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Mr. Mills was a son of the late Jack and Ida Burleson Mills of Albemarle, NC. He moved to Aiken in 1952 to work as a welding inspector for EI DuPont at Savannah River Plant. Mr. Mills was a member of South Aiken Baptist church and a member of the Aiken Masonic lodge #156.
Survivors include two sons, Roy Allen (Diane) Mills and Danny Douglas (Linda) Mills, six grandchildren, Kimberly (David) Booth, Danny Douglas Mills II, Karen Mills Thompson, Larry Wayne Mills II, Roy Scot (Kim) Mills and Christy Mills (Ashley) Heaton and, two step-grandchildren, Dr. John M. (Sunshine) Rearden and Kristen L. Rearden, nine great-grandchildren, Lindsey and Chad Booth, Allyson, Holly and Katy Thompson, Clay and Clarissa Mills, Sarah Grace and Jacob Heaton, Alex and Tanner Mills, a step-great-grandchild, Sailor Rearden, and a brother, Dick Mills of Albemarle, NC. He was predeceased by a son, Larry Wayne Mills and a daughter-in-law, Shirley Stallings Mills.
Memorial contributions may be directed to South Aiken Baptist Church, 980 Dougherty Rd., Aiken, SC 29803.
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