Sunday, May 09, 2004

Funeral Information for Alton B. Miller (1913-2004) [from discontinued AOL Journal Shubuta Street]

From the "Abiding Memories" book provided by the Wright Funeral Home (Quitman MS):

In Remembrance

ALTON B. MILLER

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Missssippi

Date of Birth: September 5, 1913

Date of Death: April 14, 2004

Age: 90

Services

Place: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - SHUBUTA [This is a mistake; the church's name is actually Shubuta Baptist Church]

Date: April 17, 2004

Time: 3:00 P.M.

Officiating: Rev. Jim Harris [pastor of Shubuta Baptist Church; Southern Baptists normally refer to their ministers as "Brother," as in "Brother Jim" or "Brother Harris."]

Music

Organist: Libby Owen

Soloist: Rev Jim Harris/Clem(estine) West

Selections

Bro. Jim Harris: "The Old Rugged Cross"

Clem West: "Precious Lord" Clem was Alton's sitter/companion during the last three months of his life. she sometimes sang to him at home. This was the song he most often requrested her to sing to him.

Bearers

David West
William Richardson
Matthew Kidmore
Bobby Kendrick
Buddy Puckett
Robin Jones

(Per information provided by Rev. Harris prior to the funeral.)

The pallbearers were provided by the Shubuta Baptist Curch board of deacons. Alton served for decades as a deacon in the church.

Relatives and Friends

[The following are those who signed the book the day of the funeral.]

Lester & Rowena Puckett
Lora Arnold
Jim Miller
Rev. Jim Harris
Tom Evans
A.C. Eliot
Sue Hankins
Joyce Pettis
Howard Freeman
Dale & Dorthea Evans
Jeff Evans
Libby Owen
Ikie M. [Martin] Dorman
Mary Ellen Dorman
Martha Brady
Nellie Martin
Ronny & Sharon Waller
Frank & Sara Buchanan
Betty J. Mason
Borther Grady Crowell
Minister Wendy Cassidy
Roscoe Jones
Mary Helen McFarland & Family
Robin Jones
Mrs. Harold M. Cockrell (Lee)
Janet Keadrick, LSW, (Heartfelt Hospice)
Florence Busby
Linda Boney
Dot Waller
Bobby E. Kendrick

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