JOHNS MILLER, VERNA MAE - Izard County, Arkansas | VERNA MAE JOHNS MILLER - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Verna Mae JOHNS MILLER

Zion Hill Cemetery
Izard County,
Arkansas

William 06 Dec 1920 - 26 Aug 2015
Verna 27 Feb 1926 - 30 Oct 2005

Marriage: 1943

William Wesley Miller son of Edward Miller and Tena Miller. Verna Mae (Johns) Miller daughter of Homer C Johns and Nora (Downing) Johns.

**Obituary
William Wesley Miller I am a Veteran.
December 6, 1920 - August 26, 2015

William Wesley Miller, 94, of Sage died Wednesday at this home.

He was born December 6, 1920 at Zion, Arkansas, the son of Edward and Tena Miller. He attended grade school at Zion and graduated from Melbourne High School in 1940 where he was active in FFA and became a state vice-president in 1939.

After high school, he graduated from American Technical School, receiving a degree in Business Administration. He then attended Arkansas Tech College in Russellville, Arkansas until World War II broke out and then worked for Warren McArthur Aircraft Corporation in Bantam, Connecticut as a supervisor in building aircraft seating until entering the U.S. Navy, where he served 7 years in the active and Naval Reserve. He married Verna Mae Johns in 1943, and they had two sons, Larry Miller and Douglas Miller. After World War II, he and his wife owned and operated a general merchandise store at Zion. He also taught agriculture in the veteran's on-farm training program at the Melbourne High School for 6 years and then he went to college at the University of Arkansas and received a master's degree in vocational education. He taught for a while in Ohio and did some post graduate work at Ohio State University.

In 1956, he started working for a feed and veterinary products company and became a district manager working in several states.

He and his wife, along with his father, owned and operated a beef cattle farm near Sage. After his father died, he and his son, Douglas, and grandson, Daniel, continued to raise beef cattle.

He had been a member of Melbourne Masonic Lodge #141 since 1945. He was a member of Fairview Missionary Baptist Church at Violet Hill, Arkansas.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Verna Mae Miller; his parents, Edward and Tena Miller; a son, Larry Miller; a brother, Amon Edward Miller, a sister, Lorene Richardson, and an infant sister.

He is survived by one son, William Douglas Miller and wife, Tammy Miller, of Sage; a daughter-in-law, Barbara Slivinski and her husband, Jerry Slivinski of New York; grandchildren: William Daniel Miller and wife, Brooke Miller; Holly Brooke Harris and husband, Lee Harris, William Wesley Miller II, Rebecca Jane Sterling and husband, Todd of New York and five great-grandchildren: Ty Miller and Emmitt Harris of Mount Pleasant, AR. Kyle, Tommy and Kiera Sterling of Berhards Bay, NY; and a host of other family and friends.

Pallbearers will be Tate Lawrence, Clifton Rush, Tony Moser, Kurt Meskimen, Harold Marlin, and Raymond Staggs. Honorary pallbearers are Ray Vanatta, Glen Billingsley, Jay Ward, and Kevin Hardaway.

The funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Fairview Missionary Baptist Church in Violet Hill with Randy Bailey and Grayden Milligan officiating. Burial will follow at Zion Hill Cemetery in Zion under the direction of Roller-Crouch Funeral Home of Melbourne.

Visitation will be on Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Zion Cemetery, Attn: Brenda Marlin, 173 Zion Road, Sage, AR 72573and Fairview Baptist Church Building Fund, 5215 E. AR Hwy. 56, Violet Hill, AR 72584.

Obituary located through Roller-Crouch Funeral Home Melbourne, Izard County, Arkansas. Published Aug 2015. ©2020 Roller Funeral Homes

And that of his wife,

Verna Mae Miller
February 27, 1926 - October 30, 2005

Verna Mae Miller, 79, of Sage died Sunday, October 30 at Pioneer Nursing Center in Melbourne. She was born February 27, 1926 at Zion and was the daughter of Homer C. and Nora Downing Johns.

A graduate of Melbourne High School where she was valedictorian of her class, she worked as a secretary at Warren McArthur Aircraft Corporation during World War II. After the war, she and her husband owned and operated a general merchandise store at Zion. Later they moved to Fayetteville where her husband was enrolled at the University, and she also began training as a medical secretary and nurse at Hathcock Medical Clinic in Fayetteville and worked there several years. Eventually one of the doctors, Dr. A.H. Hathcock, moved to Batesville, and she worked for him several years there. She was a member of the First Missionary Baptist Church and formerly a member of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, and was a youth Sunday School teacher at both churches. Verna Mae was a devoted wife and mother and a loving homemaker. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, making hooked rugs, and all kinds of needle work. She especially liked designing and knitting sweaters.

Survivors include her husband, Wesley Miller of the home; one son, Douglas Miller of Sage; two grandsons: Wesley Miller of West Monroe, New York and Daniel Miller of Sage; two granddaughters: Rebecca Sterling of Bernhards Bay, New York and Holly Miller of Sage; three great-grandchildren: Kyle Sterling, Thomas Sterling and Kiera Sterling all of Bernhards Bay.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Larry Miller and a sister, Mary Eva Smart.

Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, Tuesday at Roller-Crouch Chapel in Melbourne. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:00 AM at Roller-Crouch Funeral Home Chapel with Brother George Wright and Brother Ron Canard officiating.

Pallbearers are Dale Finley, Ray Vanatta, Bill Richardson, Rayburn Finley, Daniel Miller and Richard Downing.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Zion Hill Cemetery Association, PO Box 792, Melbourne, AR 72566.

Interment will be at Zion Hill Cemetery under the direction of Roller-Crouch Funeral Home of Melbourne.

Obituary located through Roller-Crouch Funeral Home Melbourne, Izard County, Arkansas. Published Oct 2005. ©2020 Roller Funeral Homes

Contributed on 10/24/08 by richardson10
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Submitted: 10/24/08 • Approved: 8/29/20 • Last Updated: 11/30/20 • R85238-G85237-S3

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