Mrs. Bess Milling LaMontagne, died Monday, September 5, 2022. Born September 25, 1935, in Greenwood County, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Robert Lyon Milling and Sarah Elizabeth Marbert Milling.

A graduate from the University of South Carolina, she received a Bachelor's Degree and Masters Degree in Education and English. Bess traveled around a lot with her husband Allan's job in the United States Air Force during which time she had a career as a teacher, which she loved, especially teaching the young children how to read.

After teaching for many years while living in Virginia, she ended her teaching career. Then retired in Columbia, South Carolina where she stated she spent some of the best years of her life. She also loved playing hand and foot as well as bridge wherever she went, but especially with her groups in Columbia.

Bess will be remembered for how well she loved and served those around her, how good of a friend she was to everyone she met, her kind heart, her love of the Lord, her love to entertain others and dance with her late husband Allan, and the joy she brought to others with her cooking, piano playing, and craft skills.

Survivors include her sister Helen (Nita) Montgomery, her daughters Laura LaMontange, Renee LaMontagne and granddaughter Rachel Silver (Timothy). In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother Robert Milling, her sister Martha Fabrizio, and her husband Gaston Allan LaMontagne.

A visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 beginning at 11:30 in the atrium at Northeast Presbyterian Church, 601 Polo Road, Columbia, SC. Her service will follow at 12:30 in the sanctuary. Burial in Fort Jackson National Cemetery will be private. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family.