Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Ocie Lee Couch Miller
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   MILLER
   PORTER - Ocie Lee Couch MILLER was born May 11, 1907, in Vann’s
   Lake Community, Indian Territory. She died in October 1995. Funeral
   services were held October 16 at Newtown United Methodist Church,
   where she was a member. Rev. David LONG, Jr., officiated the service.
   No information was given on the place of interment.
   She was educated in Vann’s Lake district, Bacone College, The
   University of Chicago, The University of Oregon, The University of
   California, and Northeastern State University. She was very active in
   the Newtown church since joining after her marriage. She worked in the
   Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference, served as OIMC treasurer for
   seven years, served seven years as executive secretary of the OIMC
   United Methodist Women, and taught Sunday school. She also taught at
   Vann’s Lake Comunity and in public and Indian schools for a total
   of 29 years. After her retirement from teacing, she became president
   and a member of Vann’s Lake Extension Club, and served on both
   Sequoyah Boarding School and Muscogee Nation committees.
   She was preceded in death by her parents, Amanda Herrington and John
   C. COUCH; her husband, Samuel Lee MILLER, whom she married in 1930 at
   Newtown; a brother, Roy COUCH; a sister, Gertie NEWBERRY; and a
   granson, Merle Lee CHASE. She was survived by her son, Samuel Doyle
   MILLER of Canton, Michigan; her daughter, Sandra CHASE of Cypress, CA;
   sister, Allie Belle CORWIN of Wagoner; brother, Johnnie COUCH of South
   Point, OH; grandchildren, Stephen, Joanna, and Gregory MILLER, all of
   Canton, Michigan, and Tina, Walton, and Sarah Whitebird CHASE, all of
   Cypress, CA; great grandchildren, Amy MILLER, Andrew Gleisten CHASE,
   and Kristin Hayes MILLER.