Joanne Bagwell Miller

Mrs. Joanne Bagwell Miller, 86, died Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at Winston County Nursing Home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, October 21st, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Mark Mayo officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday from 9:00 A.M. until service time at the funeral home. Interment will be in Murphy Creek Baptist Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Joanne was born December 23, 1928, in Winston County, Mississippi. She was a homemaker, a former employee of Spartus Corp., and an aide for many years at Tri-County Nursing Home. Mrs. Miller was also a member of Murphy Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Darnald Miller; her parents, Willie Fulcher Bagwell and John Milton Bagwell; and two brothers, John Bagwell and James Harold Bagwell.

She is survived by two daughters, Sheila (Albert) Palmieri and Renee Trosper; one son, Richard D. (Sue Ellen) Miller; two brothers, Rodney Bagwell and Coley Bagwell, all of Louisville; 7 grandchildren; and 7 great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Dwayne Culpepper, Donnie Hollis, Freddy Fulcher, Bobby Stewart, Junior Stewart, and Mike Eaves.

Memorials may be made to the Murphy Creek Cemetery Fund, or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.