Funeral services for Mr. Lloyd M. Sills will be held on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at Brookhaven Funeral Home (Natchez Drive) in Brookhaven, MS at 2:00 PM, with burial to follow in the Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery in Hazlehurst, MS. Brookhaven Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be the same day at the funeral home from 12:00 Noon until time of the service at 2:00 PM.

Mr. Sills, 74, of Hazlehurst, MS, passed from this life on Saturday, January 21, 2017, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, MS with his loving family by his side. He was born on July 30, 1942 in Simpson County, MS, to Jefferson Lloyd Sills and Grace Elna Taylor Sills. Mr. Sills worked as a truck driver and was of the Baptist faith. He enjoyed working in his garden and was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend.

Preceding him in death were his parents; brothers, Jimmy Sills, Royce Sills and Donald Sills.

Survivors are his wife Mary K. Owens Sills; daughters, Elizabeth Sills of Hazlehurst, MS, Jessica Furches of Ridgeland, MS, Celina Sills of Hazlehurst, Kathy Sills and Karen Sills , both of Harrisville, MS; son, Michael Sills of Supply, NC: eight grandchildren; two great grandchildren; sisters, Dorothy Izard (John), Joyce Richardson (Ricky); brothers, Bennie Sills (Joyce), Gary Sills (Vicky) and Jerry Sills (Marge); and a host of cousins and friends.

The family would like give a special "thank you" to Dr. Nicole Cleveland and the staff and nurses at St. Dominic Hospital and the ICU Unit and also to Dr. Preston McDonnell.