Millard Harvey

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Millard Harvey, 82, of Lake City died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, at his residence. He was born Sept. 7, 1926, in Dixie to the late Tom and Wanda Harvey. He had worked at Atlas Construction Company as a dragline operator and at Monroe's as a line supervisor. Mr. Harvey was a member of the Lake City Masonic Lodge and served his country in the United States Army.

Survivors include his wife, Juanita Harvey of the home; two daughters and their husbands, Pat and Gerald Malone of Lake City and Etta and Ronnie Gould of Carriere, Miss.; four grandchildren, Regina Jennings of Dallas, Ga., Jennifer Pope of Scottsdale, Ariz., Ronda Prestwood of St. Bernard, La., and Chad Gould of Violet, La.; a sister, Imogene McGee of Kalamazoo, Mich., and seven great-grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Leonard Harvey and Willard Harvey, and a sister, Maudell Widner.

A celebration of his life was held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, at the Gregg Funeral Home Chapel in Jonesboro with Rev. R.W. Goodman officiating. Burial followed in Woods Chapel Cemetery near Paragould.

Pallbearers were Larry Ryan, Tony Harvey, Tom Harvey, Ronnie Harvey, Chad Gould and Rick Wineland.