Cathy Millwood, 65, of 14 Dug Hill Rd, Landrum, died Friday, Jan. 30, at the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, following a long battle with cancer.

She was the daughter of the late G.W. and Louise Corne of Duncan, and the wife of the late John W. (Billy) Millwood Jr., of Greer.

Surviving is one son, J.W. III and his wife, Angela Millwood, and three grandchildren, Emily Grace, William Henry, and John Samuel.

She attended Columbia College, Converse College and finished her degree and teaching certificate from the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg. She taught music five years during the Piedmont Schools Project at Crestview Elementary. Then she moved to Skyland Elementary where she taught 25 years as a kindergarten teacher. During her teaching career, she was the recipient of Teacher of the Year, a two-time winner of the Golden Apple Award, inducted into Alpha Delta Kappa honorary teaching sorority and honored twice in Who’s Who in America’s Teachers.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church while living in Greer, where she was a soloist in the choir for many years. She soloed at many other churches and was a member of the Greenville Civic Rotary Chorale. When she moved to Landrum, she became a member of the Tryon Little Theater where she performed in many plays and musicals. She was a board member of the theater as well as a board member of the Lake Lanier Civic Association.

There will be a gathering of friends and family who wish to honor her memory on Friday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. at Mountain View Cemetery in Greer.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

Online condolences may be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.