Leigh Ann Mills Riedel age 56, mother to Rachel Catherine, Sarah Elizabeth and Rebecca Grace, sister to Lisa Lee Mills, sister-in-law to Dave Ehring and wife of Lawrence Joseph passed away on May 14, 2024, at her home following a hospital stay for continuing health issues.
A graduate of Harding Academy and Christian Brothers University, she developed a lifelong love of the theater performing in both plays and musicals. It was literally on the stage at Christian Brothers University where she met her husband Lawrence and found friends to last her life. She passed her love of animals and books and live performance to her children.
She is preceded in death by her loving parents Billy Mills and Joyce Lee Langdon Mills and will be laid to rest next to her parents.
Remembrances are asked to be sent to either the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (jdrf.org/donate) or Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County (memphishumane.org/ways-to-donate/).