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Alice Mae Milbourne, 74, the wife of the late Rev. William “Bill” Milbourne, died after a lengthy illness Sept. 16, 2012. The Rev. Zelda Childs, pastor of Homestead UMC, officiated at a funeral service Sept. 22 at Epworth Chapel UMC. Also participating were the Revs. Cynthia Belt and Lovel Parham. Interment was in Parkwood Cemetery in Baltimore.

Alice Mae Pinder was born Sept. 12, 1938. She was a graduate of Mace’s Lane High School in Cambridge. She and William Milbourne were married in 1957, well before he entered the ministry. They had six children who survive.

Her husband was not ordained an Elder until 1997, but was active in churches from his teen years. As “First Lady,” Alice Mae Milbourne served with her husband at Buckeystown Route 80 from 1994 to 1996, then he was appointed to St. Paul UMC in Baltimore, from which he retired in 2004. However, he was immediately hired to pastor Adams UMC where he was serving at the time of his death in 2008.

Milbourne was a member of Homestead UMC where her husband was on the administrative council for 30 years, and she was an associate member of Centennial-Caroline UMC. She sang in the choir, was a member of United Methodist Women and Working Together Outreach Ministries.

She worked as a Teacher’s Aide for the Baltimore City Public School System and as a bank encoder for Maryland National (now Bank of America).

Survivors include her six children: Marietta A. Lewis, Alice W. Joyner, Celestine J. Nesbit, Patricia A. Long and Robert M. Milbourne, all of Baltimore and William J. Milbourne Jr. of Edgewood ; 12 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.

Condolences may be sent to daughter Marietta A. Lewis, 5117 Herring Run Drive, Baltimore, MD 21214.