Agnus Josephine (Jean) Faught-Millikin
The Claremore (OK) Daily Progress
Jean A. Brown Millikin
Originally published on Tuesday, August 30 (2005)
Services for Jean A. Brown Millikin were today at the Blue Starr Church of Christ where she was a faithful member since 1937. Burial followed in Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, under the direction of Rice Funeral Service.
Jean passed away Friday, Aug. 26, 2005. She was 93 years young.
Born Jan. 11, 1912 in Wetumka, Okla. Jean was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Nancy Emma Adams Faught. She was reared and educated in Deer, Ark. Following her school years, she moved to Tulsa and went to work. While there she met Herbert J. Brown. They were married in a Bentonville, Ark. ceremony in 1935. The couple made their home in Tulsa until 1950 when they moved to rural Claremore and settled on the farm they had purchased years earlier. This made it possible for Jean to fulfill a dream of working her own farm and ranch. A lover of the out-of-doors, Jean embraced every activity that the country life brought her way. She raised her own cattle, grew a large garden and even had her own pecan orchard. Continuously involved in all of the tasks of country living, the garden spot was already being prepared for next year's bounty. And if the hen house had only been a little closer to her home, she would still have been raising chickens.
Although Jean and Herbert shared the farm life, his work in Tulsa made the land Jean's near sole responsibility; but, she was certainly up for that challenge _ so much so that even after his passing in 1969, she remained in her home. Jean later married Floyd Millikin and they shared her rural home setting. Though widowed a second time, Jean, always young at heart and hard working, never thought about moving to town.
Though it might seem there would be little spare time for this hardworking lady, she was truly just as devoted to her home, family and friends as she was to her farm. She was a wonderful cook, famous for her rich pecan pies and cobblers. Her Sunday dinners served a multitude of both family and friends. She was always the first to deliver a meal to the sick and needy, believing that good food would cure whatever ailed you. And since her cooking was so good, one might believe it almost could. Most of these activities required a great deal of hard work, but Jean's hobbies required quite a bit of tenacity too. She was an avid hunter and always got her limit. She was also a skilled fisherwoman; known to stay up all night to catch fish.
She had a passion for serving others, and it wasn't always done from her kitchen. Every year she volunteered to help with Vacation Bible School. Her pickup truck was the taxi service that delivered multitudes of children from the Tiawah area to the church. When daughter Brenda was growing up, Jean was the first to volunteer with school activities and Girl Scout leadership. She was also a devoted and faithful friend.
Jean will be dearly missed by her beloved family and friends. Those that survive are her daughter, Brenda Brown Moody and her husband Larry of Grove; grandson, Bart Moody and his wife Laurel of Tulsa; great-granddaughter Rachael Moody also of Tulsa; sister, Ruby Honeycutt and her husband Roy of Skiatook; sisters-in-law, Alta Faught of Claremore; Betty Richter and Myrtle Jackson both of Tulsa; her treasured nieces & nephews and other beloved extended family and many special friends.
Jean was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Herbert Brown and her husband Floyd Millikin; her brothers Dexter, Herbert, Troy, Hubert and Joseph Faught; her sisters Edna Stout and Leona Hamilton.
MILLIKIN, JEAN A., 93, Claremore, retired farmer/racher, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2005. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Blue Starr Church of Christ. Burial Floral Haven Cemetery, Broken Arrow. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Sunday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. Rice Funeral Service.