MARIE MILLER

DEXTER -- Marie Miller, former co-owner of the Dexter Daily Statesman, died Monday, Dec. 26, 1994. She was 70.

Miller and her husband, Barney, owned and published the Daily Statesman for 27 years.

She had been a resident of Dexter for 37 years. She was a resident of the Dexter Nursing Center for the past two years.

She was born in St. Louis Jan. 29, 1924, the daughter of Ernest and Lillie Anderson Braidlow.

She is survived by three sons, Tom of Jefferson City, John of Knoxville, Tenn., and Joe of Mounds, Ill.; one daughter, Annabeth of Dexter; two brothers, Howard Braidlow and Loyd Braidlow, both of Rolla; one sister, Lola Mesko of Rolla; and seven grandchildren.

She was a member of the Dexter United Methodist Church and was a Girl Scout leader and a member of the Dexter Garden Club. She also served as secretary of the Missouri Press Association in 1977.

Funeral service will be held today at 10 a.m. at the Dexter United Methodist Church, with the Rev. R.L. Hester officiating.