The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, September 17, 1996           TAG: 9609170230
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: BEAUFORT, S.C.                    LENGTH:   21 lines

REX A. MILLS

Corp. Rex A. Mills, 24, of 498-A Cape Haitian, died Saturday Sept. 14, 1996.

Born in Columbia, he was a son of Paul H. and Bettie Sue Shealy Mills. Formerly of Columbia, he was a member of Central Assembly of God and had served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Surviving are his parents of West Columbia; his wife, Michelle Lee R. Mills; his daughter, Jessica R. Mills of Beaufort; his brother, Steven C. Mills of Greenwood; his maternal grandmother, Mattie M. Shealy of West Columbia; his paternal grandmother, Crystal Mills of Galena, Mo.

A service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Central Assembly of God, Columbia, with burial in Mt. Hebron United Methodist Church Cemetery, West Columbia. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Thompson Funeral Home, West Columbia. Memorials may be made to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Fund.

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