Brianna Mai Mills

Brianna (Briee) Mai Mills, 16, of Salem, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 28, 2010. Briee was a creative young woman who loved music, poems, writing, and drawing. She cherished her many friends at Salem High School and elsewhere, and had a special appreciation for animals and the ocean. Briee was also an active volunteer for Relay for Life. Preceding her in death were her grandparents, Bobby Eugene and Fujiko Mills, Larry and Jacquelyn Dunbar, and James Alfred and Willie Mai Kent. Her surviving family includes her parents, Bobby Eugene, Jr. and Soni Leigh Mills; brother, Bobby Eugene Mills III; sisters, Amber Kristen Kent and Jami Leigh Kent; and a niece and nephew she loved very much, Cora Renee and Keegan Lee Perretta; and godmother, Dana Kramer. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 6 p.m. in the John M. Oakey & Son Chapel in Salem with Pastor Jonathan Archer officiating. A period of visitation will follow until 8 p.m. Online condolences to the family may be made at www.johnmoakey.com. The Mills family is being served by John M. Oakey & Son Funeral and Cremation Service in Salem, 540-389-5441.