MIldred Lee Magill's Obituary
MILDRED LEE MAGILL, 96
LAKELAND - Mildred Lee Magill, 96, died April 13, 2015, in Lakeland. Born September 26, 1918, in Martinsville, VA, to Theresa Mildred (Com-er) and Oscar Eugene Jones, she attended school in W. Virginia, Ocala, Tampa, and graduated from Martinsville High School in 1935. She was a graduate of National Business College in Roanoke VA. In 1938, Mildred married Walter Barr Magill, from Blacksburg, VA. She reared their three children while he served in the D-Day invasion at Normandy and in the Korean conflict. As an Army wife, she made the family home in many locales, including Virginia, Delaware, Texas, France and Wisconsin.
In 1969 she settled in Lakeland, enjoying retired life and golf with her husband until his passing in 1985. She is survived by her children: Barbara Nix (Ron) of Cleveland GA, Connie Robinson (Scott), Lakeland, and Ed Magill (Melissa), Lakeland; grandchildren: Gabrielle Tyll (Kevin), Eric Haynes (Jessica), Mike Haynes (Melissa), Tony Haynes, Charlie Robinson, Phillis Nix Moreno (Lucio), Lonissa Kennedy (Don) and Lawson Puffer (Christy), and eleven great-grandchildren. Mildred will be interred with Barr at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Memorial gifts in her name may be made to Good Shepherd Hospice, 3450 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland, FL, 33805.
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