Melanie Jane Jones Mills, 54 of Columbus, MS passed away Friday, July 21, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Golden Triangle, Columbus, MS.

Visitation will be Tuesday, July 25, 2017, from 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS.  A funeral service will follow at 2:00 PM in the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Mel Howton officiating.  Interment will be in Christian Chapel Cemetery, Millport, AL with Lowndes Funeral Home directing.

Mrs. Mills was born April 13, 1963, to the late Ed and Nancy Thomas Jones in Memphis, TN and moved to Columbus, MS in 2012.  She was a great mother and her husband's best friend and soul mate.  Mrs. Mills loved cooking and shopping.  She was of the Baptist faith.  Mrs. Mills was employed with FedEx as Head Coordinator to the Vice President of World Wide Sales for 15 years.  She loved her children, husband, and dogs.  In addition to her parents, Mrs. Mills was preceded in death by her sister – Judith Lepord.

Mrs. Mills is survived by her husband of 39 years William Richard Mills, Columbus, MS; daughters – Ashley Nicole Mills and Chelsea Michelle Mills, both of  Columbus, MS; sister – Christy Oakley, Memphis, TN; brothers – Jackie Jones, Memphis, TN and Eddie Jones, Memphis, TN.

Memorials may be made to National MS Society, P.O. Box 4527, New York, NY  10163.