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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