Obituaries:  Mrs. JoAnn Gandy Milburn, Sabine Parish       M-416
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 15, 2000
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. JoAnn Gandy Milburn 
  
  Mrs. JoAnn Gandy Milburn, 68, died Sunday, March 12 following a 
lengthy breast cancer illness. 
  
  Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 14 at First 
United Methodist Church of Hammond with interment following at 
Rose Memorial Cemetery in Hammond. The Rev. Ken Jacocks 
officiated. 
  
  Mrs. Milburn was a native of Many and a graduate of Northwestern 
State University where she was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma 
sorority. She also held a master's degree in Education from LSU 
and 30 plus hours from SLU in Hammond. She was a retired 
elementary school teacher having taught in Webster, Caddo, East 
Baton Rouge, Orleans and Tangipahoa parishes for a total of 30 
years. She was a member of the Louisiana Retired Teachers' 
organization and Treasurer of the Lydia Circle of the UMW at 
First United Methodist Church of Hammond. She taught children's 
Sunday school for many years at her church. 
  
  Survivors include her husband, William H. Milburn of Hammond; a 
daughter and son-inlaw, Kathryn Milburn and Spencer Jerome 
Stuart; son, William Todd Milburn Stuart; two grandchildren, 
William Edward Spencer Stuart and Kathryn Lane Stuart, all of 
Atlanta, Ga; and a brother, William Reginald Gandy. Mrs. Milburn 
was preceded in death by her parents, Jewel Pilcher Gandy and 
William Otis Gandy of Many. 
  
  In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be 
made to North Oaks Hospice, P. 0. Box 2668, Hammond, La. 70404. 
  
  Harry McKneely & Son Hammond, La.