Charles R. (Mac) McMillan lost his hard-fought battle with cancer on Aug. 4, 2014, at VCU Medical Center in Richmond.
He is
survived by his wife, Carolyn Hensley McMillan, and son Tristan Thomas, both of Prince George, Virginia.
He was a life-long
Christian and member of the Cameron Avenue Church of Christ in Colonial Heights, Virginia.
He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E.R. McMillan, of
Tuscumbia, Alabama, and the beloved son-in-law of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Hensley, of Florence, Alabama.
He is also survived by his sister-in-law, Jane Ellen Brasfield, of
Florence, Alabama, and brother-in-law, Grady Hensley, of Franklin, Tennessee.
Mac served his country proudly in the Army Reserves as an
airborne rigger in the 883rd Airborne Unit for six years and in the active U.S. Army Finance and Accounting Division at Fort
McClellan, Alabama, and Karlsruhe Germany. He retired from the Department of the Army in 2006 where he served as division
chief, directorate of Resources and Management, and Combined
Arms Support Command at Fort Lee, Virginia.
He was a 1972 graduate of the University of North Alabama
with a business degree and earned his MBA at Boston University.
He leaves behind four special cousins, Barbara Brennan, of DeLand, Florida, Linda Sanders, of Yorktown, Virginia, Donna Samblanet, of
Fairfax, Virginia, and Eustis Raines, of Jackson, Mississippi.
He would also want to acknowledge three special friends who
have loved and supported him since childhood, Mike Bacon, of Killen, Alabama, Dr. Galen Kiser, of Sheffield, Alabama, and Dr. Jody Crumbliss, of Abilene, Texas.
“Good night, sweet prince; and flights of angels sing thee to
thy rest.”
