Ocie Mae White Millsaps

(Dec. 30, 2012)

Ocie Mae White Millsaps of Cleveland, widow of Lonie H. Millsaps, passed away at 12:20 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, at Life Care Center of Cleveland. She was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church.

She was 91.

Preceded in death by: daughter and sons-in-law, Geroldine and Bill Dillard and Stanley Ethridge; son, Billy Ray Millsaps;  parents, Newt and N.A. Bright White;  sisters, Nettie Webb and Pearl Wheeler; brother, Earl White.

Survivors include: daughters and son-in-law-Virgie Ethridge of Chattanooga;

Trula Mae and Gale Gatlin of Cleveland;

Sons and daughters-in-law-Howard and Mary Millsaps of Sweetwater; Junior and Mary Etta Millsaps of Vonore; Rev. Harold and Marcia Millsaps of Charleston; Stanley and Janie Millsaps of Cleveland;

Twenty-four grandchildren;

Forty-eight great-grandchildren;

Nineteen great-great grandchildren;

Sisters-Ruby Morgan and Merle Millsaps, of Madisonville;

Several nieces and nephews;

Sister-in-law-Mary Faye Cook of Madisonville;

Brother-in-law-Roy Millsaps of North Carolina.

Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Wednesday, in Biereley-Hale Chapel, with Rev. John Butler, Rev. Sammy Hooker and Rev. Harold Millsaps officiating. Interment will be 1 p.m. Thursday, in Hopewell Springs Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Biereley-Hale Funeral Home, Madisonville.