Obituary of James Orville McMillian, 1965 - Carroll Co. VA, Amelia Co. VA

James Orville McMillian passed away at his home at Chula, in Amelia County, 
Virginia, April 23, 1965. He was born August 17, 1879 in Carroll County, 
Virginia, the son of Samuel Dudley McMillian and Sarah Ann McMillian, and the 
grandson of Captain James Lee McMillian and Sarah Jane McMillian, and of 
Joseph McMillian, Sr. and Nancy Ann Haynes McMillian.

Orville married Susan L. Ayers c.. 1902, daughter of James Ayers and Elitha 
Haynes. She preceded him in death by many years. He is survived by a daughter 
Tressie Marie McMillian Royall, widow of William Joseph Royall, son of W. P. 
and Mollie J. Royall. He is also survived by three grandchildren  and a 
sister-in-law, Mary Ruth Allen McMillian, of Martinsville, Virginia. He was 
preceded in death by two of his sisters within seventeen days of his own 
death: Ulrica Rica McMillian Harrold and Elsie Earnestine McMillian Thomas. 
Others who preceded him  were two brothers: Arnold Carew (Ponce) McMillian 
and James Hoke McMillian; sisters: Melissa Gray McMillian and Elizabeth Mae 
McMillian Cline. 

Orville was a farmer extraordinaire, often planting numerous acres in far 
reaching places, and always reaping a big harvest. He was a lover of animals, 
and constantly had a large entourage around him. He was a bee keeper too, who 
found ways to keep the bees in his apiary thriving during the sugar rationing 
in WWII. An ardent deer hunter, he was still rounding up deer in Virginia in 
his 80's. But he loved a moonlit night and a fine possum hunt with his dogs 
too.

In addition to Amelia County, Virginia, he had lived in Mt Airy, North 
Carolina, with his sister Elsie, and in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with 
his sister Rica, helping her when her husband died.

Orville was an amusing, amazing character, a robust energetic man, who always 
knew everybody in the county. Friendly and outgoing, he loved to play 
practical jokes on his family and friends. Everyone will greatly miss him.

He will be laid to rest at Chula in Amelia County, Virginia.

Submitted by William Harrold <Sealighter@aol.com>

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