Fallen Marine's Mom Energizer Keep Going Hall of Fame

Energizer honors Masaryktown mom's tireless work on behalf of U.S. troops with Keep Going Hall of Fame
By Beth N. Gray, Times Correspondent
In Print: Wednesday, September 2, 2009


MASARYKTOWN — Dee Mills has worked tirelessly for years as founder of Lea's Prayers and Postage to bring joy to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Now, it's time for her service to be honored — in a big way.

Mills has brought national fame to herself and this tiny crossroads community in Hernando County as the 2009 winner of the national Energizer Keep Going Hall of Fame award. The award celebrates people whose attributes and actions best exemplify qualities of the Energizer Bunny: perseverance, determination and never-quit attitude.

The bunny is featured in ads plugging the battery company's theme, "It keeps going and going and going."

Among thousands of applicants for the Hall of Fame, Mills, 53, was selected in June by a company panel from among 100 finalists, then named one of the Top 10.

Brief biographies of the 10 appeared on the Energizer Web site, and viewers were asked to vote their choice for a Hall of Fame inductee. The company announced her selection this week. Mills learned of her win about two weeks ago but she was sworn to secrecy.

After Marine Sgt. Lea Mills, then 21, son of Mills and her husband, Rob, was killed in Iraq in April 2006, Mills launched her effort to let deployed troops know they are not forgotten.
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