BOLIVIA — Mr. James Colon Milliken, 89, passed away Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, at his residence surrounded by his loving family.
James was born July 28, 1931, in Brunswick County to the late Shevie and Susie Rebecca Leonard Milliken. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Alton Milliken and John E. Milliken; two sisters, Bonnie Britt and Charlotte Brown; and stepdaughter, Rhonda Galloway.
James was a man who loved his family, his God and the water. He was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather. James was a longtime member and elder of Union Chapel Pentecostal Church. His passion was being on the water, he worked for Cottrell Engineering for 31 years and Wright Dredging Company for eight years. After his retirement of dredging after 40 years, his love of fishing drew him back to the ocean, and he worked as a commercial fisherman so he could enjoy his love of net fishing and working in the river.
Surviving are his loving wife of 38 years, Jenny Lynn Milliken; two daughters, Renee Mitchell, and her husband, James, and Karen Hockett, and her husband, Kevin, all of Bolivia; sister, Delsore Evans of Supply; grandchildren, Greg Mitchell, Danny Mitchell, Becky Mitchell, Kevin O. Hockett and Jessica Hockett; and 13 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 11, at Union Chapel Pentecostal Church Cemetery, Supply, with Pastor Regan Mintz officiating.
The family requests, with gratitude, that donations be sent in James’s name to the Union Chapel Pentecostal Church, 2039 Boones Neck Road, Supply, NC 28462; or to St. Jude, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Pallbearers will be Kevin J. Hockett, Kevin O. Hockett, Glenn Britt, Paul Hrubik, John Milliken and Jarod Ivey.
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