Marian Gantt McMillan

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"font-family:">Marian Gantt McMillan, 95, born May

14, 1916 in Little River and a resident of Stockton, died Sunday,

Dec. 25, 2011.

"font-family:">Mrs. McMillan attended Troy State

Teacher’s College (now Troy University). She taught second grade at

Bay Minette Elementary School for nine

years.

"font-family:">Community involvement was a vital

part of her life. She held leadership positions in the Fort Mims

Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American

Revolution, William Smith Chapter of the Colonial Dames of the XVII

Century, the Stockton Fine Arts Club, Seventh District Alabama

Federation of Women’s Club and the

PTA.

"font-family:">In the Stockton Presbyterian Church,

she served as Presbyterian Women moderator and Circle chairman as

well as Sunday school teacher, Bible school leader and choir

member.

"font-family:">She was preceded in death by her

husband, Raymond Neil McMillan; her parents, Cleveland and Lillian

Labuzan Gantt; and her brothers, Charles Edward Gantt and Ralph

Fitzerland Gantt.

"font-family:">She is survived by her children,

Helen McMillan (Thomas) Wooten of Clemson, S.C. and Raymond Neil

McMillan Jr. of Stockton; four grandchildren, Marian Hinnant Wooten

of Lumberton, N.C., Eugenia Wooten (Brent) Iredale of Atlanta, Ga.,

Raymond Talmage Wooten of Greenville, S.C. and Raymond Neil

McMillan III of Josephine; one great-grandchild, William Thomas

Iredale of Atlanta, Ga; a sister-in-law, Madie McMillan of

Stockton; and other relatives.

"font-family:">The memorial service will be held

Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, at 3 p.m., at the Stockton Presbyterian

Church, with the Rev. Tim Ferrell officiating. The family will

receive friends following the service.

"font-family:">In lieu of flowers, donations may be

made to the Stockton Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 438, Stockton,

AL 36579, or Alabama Free Clinic, P.O. Box 1284, Bay Minette, AL

36507.

"font-family:">Funeral arrangements by Norris Funeral Home, Bay

Minette.