Sources are not in agreement in regards to Ollie's birth date. In the 1920 census her age was 14. In the 1930 census her age was 23.
Ollie was the daughter of Dr. W. R. McMillan, a physician. In 1929 Ollie graduated from the Freedmen's Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, D.C. In 1937 she became the first black nurse on the staff of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. She continued her nursing education throughout her life and received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She had a long career in nursing. She did not retire until she was 84.
Ollie was survived by two daughters, Sandra Ruth Dixon of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Anne Young of Dallas; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
For more information about her life, see the obituary published in The Dallas Morning News on February 3, 2013, titled "107-year old woman had love for people, nursing."
Ollie was the daughter of Dr. W. R. McMillan, a physician. In 1929 Ollie graduated from the Freedmen's Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, D.C. In 1937 she became the first black nurse on the staff of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. She continued her nursing education throughout her life and received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She had a long career in nursing. She did not retire until she was 84.
Ollie was survived by two daughters, Sandra Ruth Dixon of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Anne Young of Dallas; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
For more information about her life, see the obituary published in The Dallas Morning News on February 3, 2013, titled "107-year old woman had love for people, nursing."
Sources are not in agreement in regards to Ollie's birth date. In the 1920 census her age was 14. In the 1930 census her age was 23.
Ollie was the daughter of Dr. W. R. McMillan, a physician. In 1929 Ollie graduated from the Freedmen's Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, D.C. In 1937 she became the first black nurse on the staff of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. She continued her nursing education throughout her life and received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She had a long career in nursing. She did not retire until she was 84.
Ollie was survived by two daughters, Sandra Ruth Dixon of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Anne Young of Dallas; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
For more information about her life, see the obituary published in The Dallas Morning News on February 3, 2013, titled "107-year old woman had love for people, nursing."
Ollie was the daughter of Dr. W. R. McMillan, a physician. In 1929 Ollie graduated from the Freedmen's Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, D.C. In 1937 she became the first black nurse on the staff of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. She continued her nursing education throughout her life and received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She had a long career in nursing. She did not retire until she was 84.
Ollie was survived by two daughters, Sandra Ruth Dixon of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Anne Young of Dallas; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
For more information about her life, see the obituary published in The Dallas Morning News on February 3, 2013, titled "107-year old woman had love for people, nursing."
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