It is with great happiness for him, and with sorrow for ourselves, that we announce the passing of Claude E. McMillan Jr. The Lord promoted him to Heaven on Sunday, May 2, 2022.

Claude was born July 27, 1930 in Wink, TX. He graduated from Quitman High School in 1950. After graduation, Claude joined the United States Navy.

Claude met Marie Stewart while attending Quitman High School; they reconnected after graduation and married on December 20, 1953. In 1954, he completed his 4-year Navy tour, and she graduated from Louisiana Tech University. The couple moved to Fort Worth, TX, where Claude graduated from barber school. They made Odessa, TX their home for 13 years, where their children, Eddie and Stewart, were born. In 1968, they returned to Quitman, LA and made it their permanent home.

A true Renaissance man, Mr. McMillan worked in many career fields during his life: Navy seaman, barber, bus driver, and an exterminator were just a few. Claude served on various community committees and was president of the Dugdemona Soil and Water Conservation District until 2010; he also served as a Constable for 50 years. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and golfing. Claude could often be found with friends on the local golf course. He was a devout Christian, faithful church member, and an elder of Antioch Cumberland Presbyterian Church for more than five decades. Claude was preceded in death by his son, Eddie, and his sister.

Claude was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother-in-law, uncle, and friend. Mr. McMillan will be remembered by his wife of 69 years, Marie, his son, Stewart, granddaughters, Jenna and Ansley McMillan, grandson, Devin McMillan, and many other relatives and close friends.

Serving as pallbearers will be Devin McMillan, Drake Roberts, LeDean Roberts, Greg Stewart, Jeff Stewart, and Blake Stevenson. Honorary pallbearers are Sammie Henderson, Todd Cooper, Bill Hughes, Floyd Walker, and Gon Hausgen.

2 Tim 4:7-8 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day."

Funeral services will be held at 11:00am at Antioch Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Visitation will be held from 9:00-11:00am at Antioch Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Thursday, May 26, 2022.