Ella Milligan

December 13, 2006

Ella Mae Milligan, 91, of 56 Lamont St., died at 7:57 P.M. Friday (Dec. 8, 2006) in WCA Hospital. She was born Nov. 25, 1915 in Lexington, Ky., the daughter of Gus and Sara Humphrey. She graduated from high school in Lexington. Prior to retiring, she had worked for many years as an elevator operator and in the bakery department at the former Bigelow?s Department Store, and in earlier years had been employed at the former National Worsted Mills. Mrs. Milligan was a devoted member of Blackwell Chapel AME Zion Church, where she was a member of the Missionary Society and had been named Mother of the Year and Lay Person of the Year. She was also a member of Jamestown L.I.N.K.S., the Jamestown Community Choir, and the Marvin Community House. She loved reading and music, and enjoyed traveling to explore new territories. She loved spending time with all of her grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren, and especially loved visits from her great grandson Aaron?s dog ?Prada?. She will be remembered as an excellent judge of personality and character. Mrs. Milligan is survived by her husband, Henry T. Milligan, whom she married May 23, 1976 in Jamestown; a daughter, Abbie P. Jones of Jamestown; eight grandchildren: Jeannette A. Jones of Jamestown, Edward W. ?Wayne? Jones of Los Angeles, Calif., Paula Jackson, Sandra Stevenson, and Marshall, William, Steven, and Anthony Green, all of Lexington, Ky.; seventeen great grandchildren, including HaShaun Leeper and Henry Lamont Leeper, both of Jamestown, and Aaron Leeper of Buffalo; three great great grandchildren; a sister, Betty Price and her husband Jess of Lexington, Ky., and a brother, Charles Humphrey, also of Lexington. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Dorothy Green; and by two sisters: Pearline Thomas and Mary Spencer. The funeral will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday in Blackwell Chapel AME Zion Church. The Rev. Annette Mellerson-Hood, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 ? 4:00 and 6:00 ? 8:00 P.M. Wednesday in Powers, Present & Sixbey Funeral Home. Email condolences may be sent by visiting the website www.presentsixbeyfuneral.com. The family suggests that memorials may be made to Blackwell Chapel AME Zion Church, 610 Spring St., Jamestown, N.Y. 14701.