Mary McMillion

Friday, October 3, 2003

BLOOMFIELD - Mary Marjorie Beatrice McMillion, 88, died Oct. 2, 2003, at the Advance Nursing Center in Advance.

Born April 11, 1915, in Aquilla to the late Edgar and Eady Scism Harper, she spent her entire life in the Bloomfield community. A member of the Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church and the Rebecca Lodge at Bloomfield, she retired from Elder Manufacturing Co. in 1978.

In 1933, she married Reble Aaron McMillion who preceded her in death on Dec. 2, 1980. Also preceding her in death were two sons, Ray Gene and Edward Aaron McMillion, and one granddaughter, Lesa Blankenship.

Survivors include one daughter, Mary Beatrice Thompson of Advance, and five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. Don Cooper will officiate.

Burial will follow in the North Antioch Cemetery near Bloomfield.