ELDA FAYE (DILL) McMILLON WAS BORN FEBRUARY 3, 1943, AT IDA, ARKANSAS, IN THE HOME OF HER GRANDMOTHER, CORA (REED) SOUTHERLAND. SHE WAS BORN WITH AN IDENTICAL TWIN SISTER, NELDA MAYE (DILL) GUFFEY. THEY STARTED SCHOOL AT WILBURN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1949 AND GRADUATED IN 1961. ELDA ATTENTED PLEASANT RIDGE UNION CHURCH ALL OF HER YOUNGER YEARS. FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS, ELDA ATTENDED “C.O.G.I.C” CHURCH IN KEATCHIE, LOUISIANA (SUPERTENDENT BOOKER McMILLON), AND, “THE RIVER OF LIFE CHURCH” (PASTOR LANCE ALEXANDER AND PASTOR VERNELL (McMILLON) ALEXANDER) IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, WHILE LIVING IN ARKANSAS.

ELDA WORKED FOR OPHTHALMOLOGISTS FOR 35 YEARS. FIRST, ANTHONY GUIDA, M.D., AND JOSEPH FARBER, M.D., FOR 21 YEARS IN SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA. IN 1986, FOSTER AND ELDA MOVED TO NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. THERE SHE WORKED A TOTAL OF 14 YEARS FOR HAMPTON ROY, M.D., AND ROBERT BERRY, M.D. WHEN THE BAPTIST EYE CENTER OPENED UP, ROBERT BERRY, M.D., MOVED HIS OFFICE TO THAT INSTITUTE. ELDA WAS GIVEN THE POSITION AS SUPERVISOR OVER THE CLERICAL WORKERS. SHE LOVED HER JOB AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED THERE.

SHE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER HOMER LEE DILL, MOTHER BLANCHE BURAH (SOUTHERLAND) DILL, BROTHER DELBERT LEE DILL, SISTERS DELLETA OLETTA (DILL) BURLESON WISHON, ELLA JEAN (DILL) JOHNSON, AND NELDA (DILL) GUFFEY.

ELDA LEAVES BEHIND HER LOVING HUSBAND, FOSTER LEON McMILLON, A VIETNAM VETERAN, MARRIAGE OF 46 YEARS. HER ONLY DAUGHTER KIMBERLY SHAY (SPIER) MILLS AND HER SON-IN-LAW PHILIP EDWARD MILLS OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. HER SIX GRANDCHILDREN; OGDEN LAYNE MILLS, WIFE (MEGAN), AND A GREAT-GRANDAUGHTER RACHEL SHERI, AND GREAT-GRANDSONS WILLIAM LAYNE AND JAMES ALDEN OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, UTAH. OGDEN IS A COMPUTER SOFTWARE ENGINEER FOR “ADOBE”. PHILIP “ENGLAND” MILLS, WIFE (CHANEL), AND A GREAT-GRANDSON GUNNER SHAY. ENGLAND WORKS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. PADILLA REED MILLS, WIFE (MAYAAN), AND GREAT-GRANDSON MATTICUS OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, WITH ONE ADDITIONAL GREAT-GRANDAUGHTER ON THE WAY. PADILLA WORKS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. MORGAN (MILLS) KEELE, HUSBAND (CHRISTOPHER) KEELE, AND GREAT-GRANDAUGHTERS MADISON NOEL AND BROOKLYN MARTEE. MORGAN WORKS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A CRIME AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYST. MORGAN GOT HER MASTER OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. CAMIEL (MILLS) McELVANY AND HUSBAND (ROBBIE). CAMIEL WORKS FOR THE CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. ESTHER “MICHAELA” MILLS. ESTHER WORKS AS AN EMT IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.

ELDA LEAVES BEHIND ONE SISTER, ERLEENE (DILL) FLETCHER OF DRASCO, ARKANSAS. ELDA WAS VERY PROUD OF HER WHOLE FAMIILY, EACH AND EVERY ONE, AND SHE LOVED THEM DEARLY.

ELDA LOVED SPORTS HER WHOLE LIFE. SHE PLAYED BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL, TENNIS, AND BADMINTON. SHE CARRIED AN AVERAGE OF OVER 205 POINTS PER GAME IN BOWLING. ELDA ONCE BOWLED A GAME OF 288. SHE WON MANY BOWLING TROPHIES.

SHE WAS BAPTIZED BY BRO. FRUUD FROM THE PLEASANT RIDGE UNION CHURCH IN DRASCO, ARKANSAS, WHEN SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD WITH MANY OF HER FRIENDS IN THE LITTLE RED RIVER NEAR HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, BEFORE THE DAM WAS BUILT. SHE ATTENDED THE PLEASANT RIDGE UNION CHURCH ALL OF HER YOUNGER YEARS.

SHE LEAVES BEHIND MANY NEPHEWS, NIECES, GREAT NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES AND CLOSE FRIENDS IN SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA. SHE HAS KEPT IN CONTACT WITH ROCHELLE PAQUET AND THERESA GUZMAN FOR MANY YEARS. SEVERAL FRIENDS OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, NORA AND JAMES RENGERS, PHILLIS EPPERSON AND HUSBAND GEORGE, AND KAY COOK. ALMA AND JAMES HASTINGS OF PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, LINDA AND NATHAN JORDAN OF MORILTON, ARKANSAS. HER LAST BOSS ROBERT BERRY, M.D., AND WIFE ADELE OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. ALL WERE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN HER LIFE. ONE YEAR THEY ALL TOOK A TRIP TO GERMANY, ITALY, FRANCE, AND SWITZERLAND. IT WAS A TRIP SHE NEVER FORGOT.

SHE WOULD LIKE A SPECIAL THANKS TO YOLANDA BUTLER OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, FOR ALL OF HER PRAYERS WHEN ELDA HAD TO HAVE SEVERAL SURGERIES IN 2019, AND FOR ALL THE LITTLE GIFTS THAT SHE SENT TO ELDA. ELDA CHERISHED THEM SO!

ELDA HAD A HAPPY, WONDERFUL, AND FULFILLING LIFE THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT HAS TOUCHED HER LIFE IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. SHE APPRECIATED IT VERY MUCH. LOVE TO ALL!! MEMORIES, MEMORIES, AND MEMORIES.