Leslie "Les" Harold Mills, Sr.

A funeral service for Leslie “Les” Harold Mills, Sr. will be held on Monday, August 12, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Spring Ridge Baptist Church in Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Bro. Logan Brock and Bro. Dean Johnson. Interment will follow in Spring Ridge Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Sunday August 11, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at Spring Ridge Baptist Church.

Les was born on August 28, 1945, in Windsor Heights, West Virginia to Lawrence Mills, Sr. and Eva Mayhew and entered into rest on August 9,2024. 

Les Mills was an outgoing, gregarious, and much-loved individual all of his life. Raised in the Catholic church, he was an altar boy and grew to raise his own children in the Catholic church.

He spent 33 years working at General Motors in various positions and was always loyal to the GM brand. He was always an avid sportsman- from playing football and baseball in high school, to golfing, fishing, and hunting throughout his life. He was also a huge Dallas Cowboys fan and horse racing fan. 

Les was often the life of the party, and in later years at family get-togethers, his grandchildren and great-grandchildren spent hours entertaining him and creating a regular chaos that our family has grown to love. 

He passed peacefully after long hospital stays and was able to say goodbye to all his loved ones. Before he passed, he expressed his gratitude to everyone in his life who had helped him out, especially in his last year. He spoke in the hospital before passing, and his message to everyone in his life was, “love one another.”

Les was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence and Eva Mills; son, Les Mills, Jr; grandson Trevor Mills; sisters, Margaret Via, Dorothy Landis, Ramona Lombard, Ruth Peterson, and Bythia Ross; brothers, Lawrence Mills, Jr., Joseph Mills, Sr. Patrick Mills, and Michael Mills.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Angela Mills; daughters, Angel Abbott (John), Sherry Bowers (Naylor), Shelly Boudreau (Chad) and Autumn Lillas (Stuart); sons, Kayne Martin, and Kirk Martin; sister Millie Caprini; 13 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

Honoring Les as pallbearers will be Chad Boudreau, Preston Scott, Lance Scott, Jed Gaddis, Jed Dixon and Ricky Gaddis.

Honorary pallbearers will be John Abbott, Naylor Bowers, Chuck Gaddis, Rob Gaddis, Kelly Brogden, William Via, Jr., and Lonnie Via.