Geneva May McLemore

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Mrs. E.B. McMillin Funeral Held At Baptist Church Here Tuesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Geneva Mae McLemore McMillin, 75- year-old Welsh resident for the past 51 years, was held on Tuesday, at the First Baptist Church in Welsh at 2:30 p.m. With Rev. Mike Gilchrist, former Baptist pastor in Welsh, and Rev. Dore Langley, pastor of the Thornwell Baptist Mission, officiating . Burial followed in Oaklawn Cemetery under the direction of Hixson Fineral Home.

Mrs. McMillin had passed away on Monday morning September 25, 1961, at the Lake Charles Memorial Hospital at 6:15 a.m. where she had been taken from the Welsh General Hospital on Sunday.

A native of Auburn, Kentucky, she had been an active member of the Welsh community for half a century and was a devoted wife and mother.

She is survived by her husband, E.B. " Red " Mc Millin of Welsh; by two sons, Eldridge McMillin and Raymond McMillin of Welsh; by one daughter, Mrs. James ( Zeda ) Hall of Welsh; by two brothers, Guy McLemore of Welsh, and Shelby McLemore of Booneville, Indiana; by two sisters, Mrs. Rufus ( Euva ) Oliver of Welsh, and Mrs. C.M. ( Ivy ) Robertson of Beaumont, Texas.

Pallbearers were Tommy B. Jones, J.W. Kippers, John Ed Freeland, Earl D. Ship, Jr., Robert Taylor, James Epperly, Billy Loewer, and Walter Bertrand.

Geneva married Elvis Buckner "Red" McMillen on 19 Nov 1907 in Logan County, Kentucky. Elvis was born on 1 Sep 1887 in Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky; died on 25 Jul 1970 in Welsh, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana; was buried on 27 Jul 1970 in Oaklawn Cemetery, Welsh, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]