Mrs. Ruth Allen Miller, 87, died Sunday, January 29, 2012, at Winston Medical Center in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, January 31st, at First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Mike Childs officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Porter Funeral Home.
Mrs. Miller was born May 5, 1924, in Louisville, MS. She was a retired bookkeeper for the Winston County Welfare Department. For many years, she managed the Christian Friends Thrift Store. She was a member of First United Methodist Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Margaret Cheryl (D. A.) Richardson of Calhoun, GA; son, Richard Allen Miller of Louisville; daughter-in-law, Cynthia Stokes; sister, Nelda Thornburg of Mobile, AL; 4 grandchildren, Clarissa (Keith) Flake, Andrew (Angie) Miller, Megan Miller (Mantrell Ashford), and Caroline (Nick) Cochran; and 10 great grandchildren, Tyler Flake, Taylor Flake, Will Miller, Jake Miller, Charleigh, Kingsley, McCohen Cochran, Jett Cochran, Hunter, and Taylor.
Memorials may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, 2nd Floor, Bethesda, MD, 20814.