Magdalen Parker Mileski

Magdalen Parker Mileski, 77, died on May 11, 2007 at Quail Haven Village in Pinehurst.
The daughter of the late Samuel A. Parker and Helen Kelly Parker, Maggie was born in Clinton, on June 19, 1929. Soon thereafter, the Parker family relocated to Elizabethtown where she received her public school education. A graduate of Elizabethtown High School at the age of 15, she was enrolled at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland in Baltimore where she earned the Bachelor of Arts Degree in English. Following graduation, she returned to teach at Elizabethtown High School where she became loved and revered. She returned that love and reverence to her students throughout her teaching career and considered her greatest contribution as discovering students' talents and abilities and encouraging their development. She worked with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in designing curriculum for the academically gifted. Her teaching career continued in Charlotte at East Mecklenburg High School and at Ragsdale High School in Jamestown, NC, until her retirement.
Maggie, as she was known, and her husband Raymond were devoted to the sacred music program at Maryfield Retirement and Nursing Center in High Point for many years, as well as at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church where they were members.
She is survived by her husband, Raymond J. Mileski of Quail Haven Village; three sisters, Alma Parker Farris of Elizabethtown, Lillian Parker Gannon of Charlotte, Agnes Parker Najam of Bloomington, IN; She is also survived by five nieces, Dorothy Farris Findlen and Anne Farris McConville, both of Sanford, Kathryn Farris Stage of Durham, Mary Helen Parker Adams of Winston-Salem, Jane Parker Davis of Matthews; five nephews, Dr. James T. Parker of Benson, Charles S. Parker of Whiteville, The Hon. Edward W. Najam, Jr. of Bloomington, IN, Tom Gannon of Charlotte, and Robert Gannon of Black Mountain, NC.
She is preceded in death by her brother, Louis F. Parker.
Family and friends, alike, wish to acknowledge that Maggie's unique love for them and theirs for her will remain unequalled.
The mass of Christian Burial will be conducted 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church on Johnson Street by one of her former students, Rev. Scott Newman. Burial will be in the Elizabethtown City Cemetery in Elizabethtown, NC.
Visitation will be 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday at the church.
Arrangements are entrusted to Cumby Family Funeral Service in High Point.
Online condolences may be submitted through www.cumbyfuneral.com