Mildred Johnson McCreight Graveside services for Mildred Johnson McCreight will be held Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 11:00 in Magnolia Cemetery, Meridian, MS with Reverend Jim Wall officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. McCreight, 95, of Minnesott Beach, NC and Meridian, MS died on January 17, 2010, at CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern, NC , while visiting family in North Carolina. She was greatly loved by all of her family, but that love could not compare to the deep love she felt for all of them. Her family was the light of her life and she devoted it to them. She is survived by her daughters, Lynne Gillikin of Minnesott Beach, NC, and Faye O'Leary and her husband, Brock O'Leary, of Meridian, eight grandchildren, fifteen great- grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews and her extended family in North Carolina. She was preceded in death by her husband, Holly McCreight; her parents, R.W. and Emma Johnson: her sister, Clara Smith; her brothers, J.B. "Dungan" Johnson and RW "Sonny" Johnson, III, and her son-in-law, John Gillikin. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Arapahoe United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 25, Arapahoe, NC 28510 or to The Sunday Fund, Aldersgate Retirement Community, 6600 Poplar Springs Dr., Meridian, MS 39305. Family and friends may sign online guestbook at www.robertbarhamffh.com .
