Obituaries:  Mrs. Rita Miller, Sabine Parish       M-460
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 24, 1999
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Rita Miller

  Mrs. Rita Miller, 90, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 3 a.m., at IHS
South in Many

  Services were held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, with interment following at
Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, Virgin, Utah. Bishop Robert Ault
officiated. Mrs. Miller will be buried beside her husband.

  Mrs. Miller was born August 25, 1908. She was the oldest child
of Joseph and Mary Ellen Scott in Colonia Morelos, Sonora,
Mexico. As the oldest child, she learned many responsibilities of
life early. She mainly grew up in Pomorene, Ariz. There she
married Paul Gaines Miller on May 16, 1926.

  Children have always been the joy of her life, righteous living
her vesture, truth her guiding light, hard work her survival
strategy. She devoted her life to her family, and to her church.
She worked with young children at church as long as she was able.
One of her favorite songs was "Love at Home". She will always be
cherished, and remembered with love.

  Survivors include six sons, Vernon Miller and wife Anita of Salt
Lake City, Utah, Eugene L. Miller and wife Marie of Roswell, N.
M., Oliver Talmadge Miller and wife Barbara of Ashdown, Ark.,
Stanley V. Miller and wife Peggy of Hurricane, Utah, Melvin
Miller and wife Betty of Crestview, Fla., and Joseph W. Miller
and wife Judy of Sandy, Utah; seven daughters, Pearl Ellen Bush
and husband Eliot of Foreman, Ark., Laura May Adams and husband
Vester of Norman, Okla., Ethel G. Carrell and husband Charles of
Texarkana, Texas, Wynn Martin and husband Marty of New Orleans,
Ann Gubler and husband Norman of Laverkin, Utah, Irene Hardy and
husband Glen of Many, and Mary Lynn Bush and husband Greg of
Redwater, Texas; two sisters, Dora Corbett of Salt Lake City,
Utah, and Mildred Schilling of St. David, Ariz.; four brothers,
Earl Scott of Maricopa, Ariz., Clinton Scott of Fruitland, N.,
M., Ronald Scott of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Guy Scott of
Safford, Ariz.; 59 grandchildren; 119 great grandchildren; 17
great-great grandchildren; 38 nieces and nephews; and a host of
friends.

  Mrs. Miller was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Gaines
Miller.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.