Vivian “Jerry” McMillan Deen, 77, of Willacoochee died Saturday, December 9 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton.
Memorial services will be held 2 P.M., Tuesday, December 12, at Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Ocilla with Father Dan O’Connell officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Ocilla from 7 to 9 PM, Monday evening.
Ms. Deen was born May 7, 1929, in Irwin County, Georgia. She was raised in Alapaha by her parents, Raiford and Rosa Gray Metts. She was a homemaker and an egg grader for Bowen-McCranie Farms. She was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Alapaha.
Ms. Deen is survived by her children: Jacob Boyd McMillan, II of Sparks, Vivian Tucker of Irwinville, Kitty Stone of Alapaha, Robbie McMillan of Alapaha, Sarah Jane Jackson of Alapaha, and Ray McMillan of Waycross; fifteen grandchildren; and nineteen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one daughter and one grandchild.