Mr. William Downing Mills, 68, of Rockingham, died Thursday, June 24, 2010 in his home.
Funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 PM on Sunday, June 27, in the Bobby Lammonds Memorial Chapel at Russell-Marks Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Eastside Cemetery.
A lifelong resident of Richmond County, William was born in Hamlet on July 18, 1941, a son of the late Arthur and Lillie Mae Hudson Mills. He was a retired textile worker. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four sisters, Elizabeth Woolard, Annie Austin, Helen Richardson, and Frances Taylor.
He is survived by his companion and caretaker, Frances Tilley of the home; two sons, James Mills of Blacksburg, Danny Mills of Gastonia; two daughters, Vivian Krump of Conover, Lisa Sewell of Kings Mountain; two brothers, Timothy Mills of Lumberton, Philip Mills of Ft. Walton Beach, FL; 8 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6-8:00 PM at Russell-Marks Funeral Home.