Millicent Smith Faulkner, age 74, of McKinney, Texas, passed away August 3, 2021. Millicent was born December 10, 1946, to Oliver and Hattie (Oaks) Smith in Arab, Alabama, a family of sharecroppers and one of 12 siblings. She married Gary Faulkner on January 29, 1988, in Rockwall, Texas. Millicent attended Richland College in Dallas, Texas. She worked as an engineering technician at Texas Instruments and Raytheon in Dallas, Texas. She was of the Church of Christ faith.
She is survived by her husband, Gary Faulkner of McKinney, Texas; daughters, Sandi Geeslin and husband, Rusty of Burleson, Texas and Martha Lloyd and husband, Jeff of Sachse, Texas; grandchildren, Amber, Jenny, Sarah, Heather, and Judy; great-grandchildren, Jade, Zoey, Junior, Christopher, Rory, Olly, and Dezzie; sisters, Dimple Nelson, Nellie Ruth Caster, Dolly Sims, Marguerite Underwood, and Jeannette Glass; and brother, Dennis Gary Smith.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Oliver and Hattie Smith, brothers, Ollivia, Jerry, Tony and Pete Smith, and sister, Eloise Johnson.
A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 7, 2021, at Collinsville Cemetery in Collinsville, Texas. The family will receive friends during a visitation from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Friday, August 6, 2021, at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home, 109 S. Oklahoma St., Celina, Texas, 75009.