Biographical And Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland And Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
Anne Bailey Morgan
Anne Bailey Morgan, age 78, of Little Rock, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 28, 2004. Anne was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Winston T. Morgan, Jr., her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Frank James Bailey and her sister Eloise McCombs.
Mrs. Morgan was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and an active member of the International Order of St. Luke, the Arkansas Cancer Research Guild and in the Caring Hearts Ministry at Trinity. She was a dedicated member of the Community Bible Study and Bible Study Fellowship.
Survivors are two sons, Steve and Mark Morgan; a daughter, Joan Bachman; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and a host of friends and family.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral with burial in Roselawn Memorial Park under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.
The Reverend William Edwin Mitchell
The Reverend William Edwin Mitchell, age 81, of Benton, Arkansas, died 
Wednesday, June 30, 2004.
He was born
in Heloise, Tennessee, where he graduated from high school. After being drafted into the U.S. Army, serving in the Signal Corp in the China, Burma, India Theatre he returned to the States graduating from Memphis State University with a B.S. in Music. He also attended Southwestern College in Memphis, now Rhodes College. He later received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Sewanee, The University of The South's School of Theology in Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1958. His ministry began in Stuttgart at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, later becoming the minister at St. Andrew's in Kansas City, Missouri, Christ Church in Red Wing, Minnesota, School Chaplain at St. James School for Boys in Faribault, Minnesota, Grace Episcopal in Galena, Illinois, and St. Matthew's in Benton, Arkansas. After his retirement he served the Bishop and Dean at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock, making hospital calls and services at the church.
He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Fulkerth Mitchell of Benton, one son, William R. Mitchell of Palatine, Illinois, and one daughter, Mary Clare Mitchell of Benton.
There will be a memorial service Friday, at 11am at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral officiated by Bishop Larry Maze and The Very Reverend Henry L. Hudson. Burial of ashes will follow in the church garden. Arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home.. Memorials in lieu of flowers should be made to Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Parish or Saline Memorial Hospice, #1 Medical Park Place, Benton 72015.
Dr. Robin Lynn Mitchell
Robin Lynn Mitchell, who passed away on Saturday, August 14, 2004, will be remembered by many people for many reasons. A dedicated daughter, she was an accomplished physician, military officer, athlete and sports enthusiast. Her skills as a doctor were matched only by her enthusiasm for life and her love for her family and friends.
Born February 14, 1973, in New York, N.Y., Robin grew up in Newburgh, N.Y., where she developed into both a spelling bee champion and a diehard New York Yankees fan. As a seventh-grader, she earned a varsity letter as a member of the Newburgh Free Academy varsity track team. She eventually became captain of the school's track and cross-country teams, earning numerous honors. She was valedictorian of Newburgh Free Academy's class of 1990.
Robin attended Harvard University on a Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship, graduating in 1994 with a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry. She graduated from Cornell University Medical College in 1998 and served an internship at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego in general surgery. She was a resident in neurological surgery at the Ohio State University Medical Center until January of 2003 when she came to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as a resident with the Department of Neurosurgery.
Topping her education and career, Robin was recently named chief resident for the UAMS Department of Neurosurgery, no small feat for someone active in so many areas. A member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, she was also a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve. She received a Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal, a Fleet Marine Force Ribbon, two National Defense Service medals, a Sea Service Deployment ribbon and was awarded a Navy Pistol Ribbon as an expert marksman.
She served as a general medical officer with the 3rd Force Service Support Group, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, stationed in Okinawa, Japan, from July 1999 to June 2000. She also served with the Combat Service Support Detachment 34 during Exercise "Cobra Gold" in Samsut Song, Thailand, from February to May 2000.
Robin's father, Wilmot Mitchell, died in 1993. Robin is survived by her mother, Eva Mitchell of Little Rock; her brother, David Mitchell of Brooklyn, Conn.; her sister-in-law, Edilma Mitchell; her grandmother, Evangeline Giusti of Rincon, Puerto Rico; her cousins, Jason Carman of New York, Dr. Elise Carman of West Patterson, N.J., Robin Kelly of Matteson, Ill., Glenn Kelly of New York, Christopher Carman of Long Island, N.Y.; her uncle, Raymond Crespo of New York; her aunts, Cynthia Kelly of New York, Carole Carman of Fort Lee, N.J., Gloria Mitchell of New York, Doris Crespo of New York and Brunilda Crespo, Carmen Garcia and Nelly Rodriguez, all of Rincon, Puerto Rico; and all of her family in the UAMS Department of Neurosurgery.
She will be greatly missed by her friends at UAMS, the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System and Arkansas Children's Hospital, where she served admirably and touched the lives of so many. She came to be a beloved member of the Department of Neurosurgery family in a very short period of time. She was described by Dr. Ossama Al-Mefty, chairman of the department, as "a stellar student, an excellent surgeon, hard working, motivated and one who cared about her patients, cared about her work and duties…her spirit and dedication conquered all challenges. She had climbed the mountain and was inches from the peak."
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, August 20, 2004, in the chapel of Ruebel Funeral Home, 6313 West Markham St.
In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to make a donation to the Dr. Robin L. Mitchell Memorial Fund at Regions Bank, 4224 W. Markham, Little Rock, 72205.
The Reverend Richard F. Milwee
The Reverend Richard F. Milwee, age 65, of Little Rock, the former Archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas, died of cancer, July 10, 2004. Milwee was born
in Little Rock in 1938, and educated in the Fort Worth, Texas public schools, and graduated from McCauley School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1960, he graduated from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order. He attended Seminary at the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Massachusetts and in 1965 married
Marie. He was ordained by Bishop Robert R. Brown in 1964, and assigned as Vicar at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Benton, and St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Arkadelphia. In the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968, Milwee hosted a Multi-racial interdenominational memorial service in Benton. In 1969 he accepted the position of Rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Pine Bluff, where he served until 1981. In that same year Bishop Herbert Donovan tapped Milwee as Archdeacon of the Arkansas Diocese and gave him full administrative oversight over thirty-three mission congregations. In 1985, he became Executive for Development in the diocese as well. Salaries for mission clergy were raised under Milwee's watch and subsidies for missions, which in Milwee's words awarded inefficiency and poor performance, were eliminated and replaced by meaningful grants and loans. Milwee also played a critical and catalytic role in developing St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Little Rock. Milwee served under four Bishops in Arkansas (Brown, Keller, Donovan, and Maze). In the Diocese of Arkansas, he served as a member and chair on the Executive Council, Standing Committee, Committee on Ministry, and Diocesan Task Force on Financial Development. He represented the diocese as a delegate to three General Conventions and was a member of the Board of Trustees of both the Seminary of Southwest in Austin, Texas and All Saints' School in Vicksburg, Mississippi, as well as, the Anglican Digest and Oasis Renewal Center.
Milwee was active with the development of Pastoral Care and Education for the University Medical School, the Arkansas Prison Ministry, the State Advisory Commission to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, the Southwest Career Development Center, And numerous conferences on such disparate subjects as alcoholism and transactional analysis. After his retirement in 1998, he continued working with the National Church as a member of the Episcopal Church Building Fund.
Milwee is survived by his wife, Marie Milwee of Little Rock, one daughter, Marion Milwee Kingdon and husband Jim of Charlottesville, Virginia, one son John Bradley Milwee and wife Jennifer of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, an Aunt Rosa Katherine Milwee Hutt of Sherman, Texas, his dog Wallace and his other dog Deuce.
There will be a funeral service held Monday at 11am at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home..
Memorials, in lieu of flowers, should be made to St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in West Little Rock, or to the University of Arkansas Medical Science Center, Department of Psychiatry Building fund, 4301 West Markham Street, Little Rock 72205.
Matthew Carter Miller
Matthew Carter Miller, St. Croix, USVI, beloved son of Stan and Patrice Miller, of Little Rock, passed away Sunday, April 4, 2004 at the age of 21. Matt died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident April 2nd on St. Croix in the U. S. Virgin Islands. Matt is survived by his parents, his younger brother Jonathan, and his grandmother Lucille Miller. He is also survived by cousins Callie Mills, Casey Miller, Ben Miller, Joey Fendley, Sarah Fendley, John Christopher Horrell, Katie Horrell, Claire Franks, Benjamin Rechter, Drew Rechter, and Kristina Rechter. His was predeceased by his grandparents Oscar Miller, James and Betty Prichard. Matt is also survived by friends too numerous to count.
Family and friends will gather on Friday, April 9th at 11:00 a.m. at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, to celebrate the all too short life of a young man who left a positive glow on the people who were fortunate enough to know him.
Matt graduated from Little Rock Catholic High school, attended Southern Methodist University and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. At the time of his death, Matt was a resident of St. Croix, USVI, where he was a founder and partner in two separate business enterprises: Team Blue Marketing, LLC and Trident Innovations, LLC. Matt was an avid fly fisherman and, on the day of the accident, Matt completed his SCUBA certification.
Matt is believed to be the first person to make an organ donation originating from the island of St. Croix. A donor advised fund with the St. Croix Foundation, called the Matt Miller Foundation, has been established in Matt's honor. The Matt Miller Foundation will raise funds to better equip the emergency room facilities at the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center on St. Croix and to also make the process of organ donation easier than it currently is. The Matt Miller Foundation will also provide leadership that will creatively involve the young people of St. Croix in the development of safety programs that will prevent the needless tragedies that result in trauma injuries and death. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Matt Miller Foundation, P.O. Box 1128 Christiansted, VI 00821.
Matt's family asks that if you know how to live life to the fullest with a smile on your face and joy in your heart, live a day for Matt. If you can hardly wait for the sun to come up each day, to experience your next adventure, they ask you to live a day for Matt.
Josephine Weatherton Messer
Josephine Weatherton Messer, a 27 year resident of Austin, TX, died there on March 22, 2004. She was born
in Stuttgart, AR, on February 13, 1914 to Joseph Bernard and Caroline May Moore Weatherton.
She grew up in Little Rock, and graduated from Little Rock Central High School in 1931, attended Little Rock Jr. College, Carson Newman College (TN), and Portland State College (OR). She was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and a member of Thankful Hubbard Chapter, DAR, of Austin. In following her husband's career as a mining engineer, Mrs. Messer lived in Bauxite, AR; Hillsboro, OR; San Francisco, CA and Butte, MT prior to Austin.
Mrs. Messer was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Ernest Messer and by a daughter, Elizabeth Ossorio. She is survived by a sister, Carolyn Weatherton of Austin; a son, Paul Messer of Laguna Woods, CA, daughters, Martha Barker of Boerne, TX, and Mary Messer of Austin; and by six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, plus several nieces and nephews.
Private burial arrangements at Roselawn Memorial Park are by Ruebel Funeral Home.
Thomas Chipman McRae IV
Thomas Chipman McRae, IV, age 65, of Arkadelphia, died after a lengthy illness at his home on the morning of Thursday, January 29, 2004. He was born
June 11, 1938 in El Dorado, AR, the son of Carleton and Mary Jo Rogers McRae.
Survivors include his wife, Christine Gilchrist McRae; one son, Thomas "Tam" Chipman McRae, V, of Little Rock; one daughter, Catherine and son-in-law Ron Silver of New York, NY; his mother, Mary Joe McRae of Fort Smith; one brother, Duncan Christopher McRae of Fort Smith; one sister, Mary Carleton Young of Fort Smith. Tom was the great-grandson of Thomas C. McRae who served as governor of Arkansas from 1920 through 1924. He graduated from El Dorado High School in 1956. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in history from the University of Arkansas, then attended the U. of A. Law School receiving the Juris Doctorate degree in 1963. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. After graduating from law school, he made an unorthodox decision that would define the essence of his entire life and career. He decided to forgo law practice in favor of joining the Peace Corps, serving in Nepal from 1964 through 1966, teaching English at a boys' boarding school in the foothills of the Himalayas. He was befriended and supported in his work by the crown Prince of Nepal and later served as a land reform judge in the Terai region of India, traveling from village to village on the back of an elephant to help adjudicate land disputes. On his return to the USA, he met his future wife, Christine Gilchrist in Cairo, Egypt. They were married
in Burton-on-Trent, England in 1966 and moved to Washington D.C., where Tom joined the war on poverty, working for Sargent Schriver in the Office of Economic Opportunity. In 1968, Tom returned to Arkansas to direct the Model Cities Program in Texarkana. In 1972, he became Chief of Staff to Governor Dale Bumpers and a director of the Ozarks Regional Commission. After Governor Bumper's election to the U. S. Senate, Tom became the first president of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation in Little Rock, which he led for 14 years. In later years, he was Vic-President of Southern Development Bank Corporation in Arkadelphia and CEO of the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) in Berea, Kentucky. Tom was instrumental in the formation of the Southern Development Bank Corporation. He was also active in the area of environmental issues and was instrumental in obtaining National River status for the Buffalo River as well as designation of Arkansas' first two Wilderness areas. Tom was strongly committed to the concept that society needed to use its resources wisely, especially energy resources. In 1982 he built an energy efficient cabin near Caddo Gap, Arkansas, which was intended to demonstrate the capacity of modern technology to produce a living unit with minimal impact on resources. In addition to his passion for his State, Tom had a deep love for Scotland, and the land of his ancestors, where he found serenity in its mountains and moors. For many years, he led walking tours for the Ozark Society in the Highlands of Scotland and also a memorable trek around the Annapurna Massif in Nepal. He was member of the Arkansas Expedition to Mount Everest. He loved poetry, especially that of Frost, Burns, and Kipling, and often erupted in long recitations at the dinner table. During his courageous battle with ALS ( Lou Gehrig's Disease), he enjoyed the constant and faithful company of his many friends, his devoted nurses of the Baptist Hospice Program of Arkadelphia, with all of who he shared his wisdom, his love of all things Scottish, and his encyclopedic knowledge of Arkansas. Tom McRae was one of Arkansas' true visionaries. He loved his family, he loved the earth, and he was committed to the concept that people can live on this earth without abusing its resources. He will be missed immeasurably.
A memorial service will be held at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock at 2:00 P. M. on Tuesday, February 3, 2004, officiated by The Very Reverend Henry Hudson. A reception will follow services in Morrison Hall at the church. Arrangements are by Ruebel Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Heifer International, P. O. Box 8058, Little Rock, AR 72201 or The Tom McRae Memorial Fund at the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 South Rock Street, Little Rock, AR 72202-2519.
Dan W. McMillan
Dan W. McMillan, 76, of Little Rock, died Friday, April 16, 2004 in Little Rock. He was a career employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., working there for over 35 years before retiring. Dan was born
in Commerce, Texas, on November 14, 1927, the son of Bonnice and Bryan McMillan.
He attended high school in Memphis, Texas, and received a Bachelor's degree in 1949 and a Master's degree in History in 1951, both from East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce. He served in the US Navy from 1945 to 1946 and in the US Air Force from 1951 to 1953. He began working at Southwestern Bell in 1954, after briefly working as a newspaper reporter in Pampa, Texas. Dan worked in Fort Worth, St. Louis, and Houston before settling in Little Rock, for the rest of his career, rising to the position of Division Staff Supervisor of Public Relations. Since his retirement, he has volunteered his time as an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau of Arkansas. Dan was very involved in professional organizations, serving as President of both the Arkansas Advertising Federation and the Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.
He was active in many community organizations, serving as an officer in the United Way of Pulaski County and the Little Rock Jaycees. Dan was interested in education, speaking to Journalism students at several state colleges, including the University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Arkansas State University. He was also active in youth sports, coaching baseball and football teams for many years.
Dan is survived by his wife of 47 years, Shirley Anne McMillan of Little Rock; his son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Terri McMillan, of North Little Rock, and their three children, Meredith, Allison, and Mason; his son Craig, of Little Rock; and his son Kevin, of Little Rock, and Kevin's daughter Amanda. He is also survived by his cousin Harry E. O'Neill and his wife Anne, of Bullard, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Lung Association, 211 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, Ark.
A private service will be held with the Rev. Ken Davenport presiding.
