Edna Mae McMillian entered peacefully into rest on Saturday, July 14, 2018. Edna Mae McMillian was born Edna Mae Pennix on October 17, 1928, in Bluefield, West Virginia to Jesse and Delilah Mae Pennix. Edna graduated high school in Bluefield and soon after moved to Queens, NY to join her sisters and mother. She later married Norman McMillian and moved to the Bronx, NY.
Edna enjoyed helping people and took great comfort in working for so many years as a home health aide in New York City, upstate New York, and later Connecticut. She was always busy either working or worrying about her children and grandchildren, but whenever she had spare time she enjoyed reading mystery novels and following the “soaps” on TV. Most of all, she cherished time spent with her sisters, her mother and her family. Even in later years she remained close to her sisters and mother and loved visiting her nieces and nephews.
Edna will be missed by her three children, Joyce Storms of Danbury, CT; David McMillian of Rochester, NY; and Jacqueline McMillian of Fishkill, NY. She also leaves behind four grandchildren, Austin Storms of Daly City, CA, Russell Storms of Danbury, CT, Katrina Stewart of Chandler, AZ; and Devin McMillian of Buffalo, NY; great grandchildren, Austin Storms Jr., Jaxson Storms, Ty Storms, and August James McMillian; her nieces Leona Madison of Stafford, Virginia, Patricia Pennix of Far Rockaway Queens and nephew Clarence Pennix of Manhattan, NY; and all the rest of her friends and family.
Mom,
We'll always remember:
Your gentle smile and caring nature.
Your knowing eyes that saw into our souls.
Your quiet strength that guided us through life's challenges.
You gave us the gift of life and nurtured us into adulthood.
Your showed us what it means to love unconditionally.
Your sacrifices paved the way for our successes.
We couldn't have made it without you.
Love Always,
Joyce, David and Jackie.
"She opens her mouth in wisdom and on her tongue is kindly counsel. She watches the conduct of her household, and she eats not her food in idleness. Her children rise up and praise her; her husband, too, extols her." (Proverbs 31:26-28.)
