Rachel Alice Dodson Millard | Memorial Montage
A picture, music, and video celebration of the life of Rachel Alice Dodson Millard. Obituary December 30, 1933 ~ March 12, 2021 Rachel Alice Dodson Millard, 87, of Myrtle Beach, SC, passed peacefully on March 12th, 2021 surrounded by her family. She was born on December 30, 1933 in Rixeyville, VA to the late Bertha V. Bailey Dodson & James Albert Dodson. She retired from the University of Maryland in College Park, MD in 1992. She has been a resident of Myrtle Beach since 1994 after moving from Oakland, MD with her husband DeForest (Fordy) Millard. She was an avid gardener and loved, canning/cooking/baking, Bluegrass music, crocheting, knitting, and creating crafts that will be passed down for generations. She loved all wildlife and could tell you every bird name by listening to their call as well as their feeding and nesting habits. Above all she loved her family. In addition to her parents, Rachel has reunited with her siblings Bea, Melvin, Clarence and Dave. She is survived by her loving husband, DeForest (Fordy) Millard; her daughters, Pat Stanley Downin of Gordonsville VA, Juanita L. Shiflett and fiancé’ William Wiles of Conway, SC, Deborah L. Fling and spouse Roger