Services: Funeral was held at 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004, in Reeves Funeral Home chapel in Hope Mills.

Survived by: Companion, Patric McMillian; daughters, Althea McMillian and Susan Hill; son, Brandon Oxendine; mother, Yasuko Murata; brothers, Jimmy and James; sisters, Mary Quezada and Laura Nelson; and two grandchildren.