John Michael McGinnis

John Michael McGinnis, age 78, died on Saturday, February 7, 2015, in Tomball, Texas. Mike was born on February 29, 1936, in Pine Bluff Arkansas as the first of four children born to John Clark and Lois Duff McGinnis. Mike was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife and the mother of his children Martha Trotter McGinnis, a daughter Kimberly Howington, and his wife and childhood sweetheart, Mildred Wallis Wallick of Monticello. He is survived by two sons, Duff McGinnis (Jeanne) and Duncan McGinnis (Carol), grandsons Jason, Robert and Ethan McGinnis, and Scott Scarborough (all of the greater Houston area), Sgt Michael Howington, USMC and J.J. Howington of Texarkana Arkansas. Mike also leaves behind two brothers, Dr. Patrick McGinnis (Rita) of Edmond Oklahoma; Dr. Tom McGinnis (Joy) of Johnson City, Tennessee and a sister, Susan Calaway (Jim) of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas. Also surviving are three step-children; Sherri Witcher and Paul Wallick, Jr. of Monticello, Arkansas and Brian Wallick of Little Rock, Arkansas. Mike grew up on the Arkansas A&M campus, where his father taught chemistry. He graduated from Drew Central High School in 1954, attended Arkansas A&M for two years and graduated from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville in 1958 with a degree in chemical engineering. He and Martha were married on April 5 of the same year, and after a short time in Nebraska working as a corrosion engineer moved to Crossett, Arkansas where he was employed by the Crossett paper mill. For the next 27 years, Mike served in the Crossett Company and its successor Georgia Pacific. He left GP in 1991 and was a management consultant in a paper located in Aceh, Indonesia for three years. Returning to Arkansas, he and Martha built a home in the Diamondhead community near Hot Springs, Arkansas and remained there until her death. Mike reunited with and married his childhood sweetheart, Mildred Wallick, and lived in Monticello, before recently moving to Texas to be near his sons and grandchildren. Arrangements are with Hot Springs Funeral Home. Online condolences at www.hotspringsfh.com.