Spc Itaveish

Duwone Mcmillan

With deepest sorrow, we announce that Itaveish Duwone McMillan (Gucci), our most beloved son, brother, family member and friend passed on Tuesday, July 14, 2020.

Itaveish loved being around family and friends.  He was a humble soul with a life of so much accomplishment and promise.  Although only 28 at the time of his death, Itaveish affected many people in his lifetime.  Those who knew Itaveish, even just a little, lost a shining light in their lives.

Itaveish was born in Fort Myers, Florida. He grew up in Aberdeen, Mississippi and graduated from Aberdeen High School.  He proudly joined the Mississippi National Guard where he honorably and respectfully served his country.  His last deployment sent him to the dangerous Syrian environment and assigned him to Special Operations-Task Force – Syria as a personal protective detail member for senior State Department Diplomats inside Syria including ambassadors and foreign dignitaries.  Job well done SPC McMillan.

Itaveish will be missed everyday by his Mother Debra Washington, his Father Isaac McMillan, Fiancé D'Angela La'June Warren, Brothers Isaih D. McMillan, Robert D. Garth III, Sisters Lashay Everett, Iquishia McMillan, his Maternal Grandmother Ruby Dunlap, his Paternal Grandmother Rosetta McMillan, his loving Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Nieces and Nephews, and many, many great friends.

We know Itaveish is now resting in peace and is loved here on earth as well as in heaven.

Build Me a Son, O Lord

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

Build me a son whose wishbone will not be where his backbone should be; a son who will know Thee and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.  Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge.  Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fail.

Build me a son whose heart will be clean, whose goal will be high; a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men; one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.

And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously.  Give him humility so that he may always remember the simplicity of greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength.

Then I, his mother, will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain."

Itaveish's family extends their heartfelt thanks to all the family and friends that have supported them during this difficult time.