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After two years of active duty in the United Stat es Army, Dr. McMillin completed his education at the University of Hous-ton, where he earned a doctor of optometry degree in 1958. He was inducted into the ECCC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010. Dr. McMillin was mar– ried for 55 years to the former Shirley Van Hooser of Arcadia, La. '!'hey had two children, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. To qualify, applicant:.;

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He was co-founder of the Bank of Central Mississippi and the Leake County Little League Baseball Association. He served as president of the Carthage Liofi.s Club and the Leake County Jaycees. His membership in the Leake County Chamber of Com– merce spanned a period of 37 years. McMillin was a mem– ber of the Mississippi State University Agricul– tural Advisory Council. He was a member of Carthage United Metho– dist Church and its

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ry of longtime Leake County optometrist and civic leader Dr. Howard Carlton McMillin has been endowed at East Centr al Community Coll ege. Dr. McMillin began his op tometric practice in Carthage in 1958 and continued providing serv– ices until his retirement in 1995. He was also involved in civic and professional activities throughout his career. He was a co-founder of Leake Academy in Mad– den, where he served 12 years on the board of

Dr. McMillin bred Red– bone coonhounds and Simmental cattle, leading to his becoming a trustee of the American Redbone Coonhound Association and treasur er of the Mis– sissippi Simmental AHsociution. He was a 1948 gradu– ate of Louisville High School and attended East Central Junior Col1ege on a football scholarship. He graduated from ECJC in 1950 and received an undergraduate degree in animal science from Mis– sissippi State University in 1952.

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