ALMARETTA MILLER

Almaretta Miller, a former resident of Puxico and Dexter, died Friday, Nov. 27, 1998, at the Rosewood Care Center in Swansea, Ill. She was 92.

She was born Jan. 18, 1906, daughter of John William and Margaret Phipps Fortner. She married Orvil Lee Miller in Puxico on Aug. 26, 1928. He died July 9, 1993.

She had moved to Heckler, Ill., in 1991. In earlier years she taught at the Dale School near Puxico. She was a member of the Liberty Hill General Baptist Church in Aid, Mo., serving as teacher and clerk-treasurer. She also was a pianist in area churches for 50 years.

She is survived by two sons, Orvil L. Miller of Puxico and John W. Miller of Heckler; two daughters, Loretta Friel of Fairview Heights, Ill., and Joyce Cook of Valley Park, Mo.; a sister, Violet Cooper of Dexter; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter.

Funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Watkins & Sons Chapel, with the Rev. Melvin Keena of Poplar Bluff officiating.

Burial will be at the Dexter Cemetery.