Obituary of Rev. Wesley A. Millard

Reverend Wesley A. Millard, 88, went to his Heavenly Home, June 4, 2024. He was married to Dorothy Jean Branham Millard for 67 years, originally from Ashwood. Born on July 11, 1935, he was the son of Moses Kenyon Millard and Curtis Farmer Seigler of Yonges Island, SC. He graduated from Clemson University in 1958 and attended Bob Jones University for two years in a Masters of Divinity program. He was a retired minister and transportation engineer. He had been the pastor at Sumter Bible Church and the founder of Sumter Christian School. He was also the founding pastor of Victory Baptist Church and Beaufort Christian School in Beaufort, SC. After a prolonged illness he retired from the ministry and went back to engineering. He retired from Charlotte County, Florida after serving ten years as Transportation Engineer. In 2003, Mr. Millard was named “Transportation Engineer Of The Year”, by the Florida section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Jean Branham Millard and his children, Catherine Bunch of MO and Julia DePalma (Tom) of FL; two sons, David Millard (Joanne) of Beaufort and John Millard of Beaufort; 21 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and a sister, Josefa Smoak (Jerry) of Mt. Pleasant. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by a daughter, Charlotte Randolph; his sisters, Valin Janus, and Ann Ellerbee and brothers, David Wardlaw Millard and Moses Kenyon “Nick” Millard, Jr.. Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday in the Chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with Rev. Tom Ashley, Rev. Eddie Richardson, and Rev. Ron Davis officiating. Burial will follow in the Ashwood Baptist Church Cemetery, 1075 Lake Ashwood Road, Sumter, (Lee County). Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 9:30 A.M. to 11 A.M. Saturday at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com In lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to Sumter Christian School, 420 S. Pike West, Sumter, SC 29150 or to Beaufort Christian School, 378 Parris Island Gateway, Beaufort, SC 29906. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad Street, Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements (803) 775-9386.