Henry Wilbur "Mike" McMillan, Jr. passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2015, surrounded by his faithful wife of 48 years and their five devoted children, after suffering a catastrophic brain hemorrhage.

Mike was born on July 29, 1942, to Mr. and Mrs. H.W. McMillan, Sr., of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He delivered the Hattiesburg American for many years as a young man in Hattiesburg, where he attended Hattiesburg Public Schools. In 1960, Mike enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where he graduated from Navy Boot Camp-Great Lakes Naval Training Center and was assigned to the U.S.S. Wrangell (AE-12) as a Radarman, Petty Officer THIRD Class. After completing several deployments in the Mediterranean he was on board the U.S.S. Wrangell in 1962, when it participated in the Cuban Blockade. Upon completing his two year enlistment, Mike was HONORABLY discharged from the U.S. Navy in August, 1962.

Mike attended the University of Southern Mississippi from 1963-64 before transferring to Mississippi College where he followed in his father and Uncle's footsteps and graduated in 1966. While at Mississippi College, Mike was actively involved in the Circle K Men's Club, Debate Team, wrote for the Collegian and played on the Mississippi College football team as a wingback. Upon his graduation from Mississippi College, Mike was employed with Armstrong Cork Company as a salesman and assigned territory which stretched from Northern Idaho, Montana and North Dakota all the way to El Paso, Texas. He regularly drove the entire area as an Armstrong Salesman, until 1971, when he moved to Tampa, Florida and began a long career in the Insurance Field. In 1977, Mike returned to his beloved Mississippi as the General Manager for Protective Life Insurance Company.

Mike is survived by his wife, Cathy Hansell McMillan, and their five children, Michael Lloyd McMillan, NancyAnn (McMillan) Fryer, Catherine D. (McMillan) Young, Carrie Kirkwood (McMillan) Cox, and David Paul Hansell McMillan, his sister, Nancy McMillan, daughter-in-laws, Gracen Spearman McMillan and Maribeth Willoughby McMillan, son-in-laws, Chad Fryer, Sr., John Young, and Matthew Cox, grandchildren, Hailey Clayton McMillan, John Macon McMillan, and Rainey Elizabeth McMillan, Madelyn Gracen Fryer, Chad, Kirk, and Will Fryer; Specialist Paula Young, U.S. Army, Jaylon and Jalissa Young, and Master Canon Kirkwood Cox.

Mike loved his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and earnestly read the Scriptures and desired to apply the truths of God's Word to his daily life. He actively made prayer a vital part of his life, and wouldn't miss a moment to stop and pray with others in their time of need. Mike loved his family deeply, and provided for and protected them well. He was consistent in praising them for the qualities of Christ he observed in their lives. Being an avid athlete in track and field himself, Mike was actively involved as volunteer coach to the track and field students at Mississippi College, where he invested his time and efforts and encouraged the students everyday. He will be missed so very much.

A celebration of life service will take place on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at 10:00 A.M. in Provine Chapel on the campus of Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi - all friends are welcome to attend. In lieu of flowers, the Family requests that donations be made to the Mississippi College Track Team, P.O. Box 4005, Clinton, MS 39058

Hebrews 12:1-3
"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds."