Carolyn Miller

Carolyn Miller, of Durant, Okla., passed from this life on Monday, July 1, 2019 in Denison, Texas at the age of 79. She was born on Sunday, June 16, 1940 in Durant to Leonard Earnest and Ruby Willard (Hawkins) Ward.

Carolyn was a longtime resident of Durant. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Calera and previously the First Christian Church in Owasso, Okla. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, gardening and pets. She loved singing in the choir, paying piano, her bible and her church family. Most of all she loved her family and spending holidays with them.

She married Charles Miller on October 12, 1957 in Madill, Okla.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Rhonda Renae Miller.

Survivors include daughters: Sheila Riker and husband Les of Sperry, Okla., Leslie Miller Wilson of Frisco, Texas, Marguerite McKinney of Arlington, Va., Carolbeth Hyde and husband Don of Calera, Okla.; son, Eric Miller and wife Jennifer Birdsong of Ft. Myers, Fla.; husband, Charles Miller of Durant, Okla.; sister, Haljean Hartin of Durant, Okla.; grandchildren: Morgan Riker, Shelby Williams, Wade Riker, Alisha Self, Sarah Wilson, Victoria Wilson, Haley Wilson, Demitry Wilson, Kyle McAllister, Sam McKinney, Charlie Miller; great-grandchildren: Oliver Williams, Tristan Rosga, Maddox Rosga, Jasper Self; nephews: Gary Spoon, Brent Hartin; nieces: Kara Stanford, Ashleigh Hartin-Riley and a host of friends.

A family hour will be held from 6-7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at Gordon Funeral Home.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 5, 2019 at the First Baptist Church in Calera, Okla. with Bro. Jacob Toews and Don Hyde officiating.

Interment will be at the Highland Cemetery in Durant, Okla. Sam McKinney, Wade Riker, Kyle McAllister, Demitry Wilson, Don Hyde, and Charlie Miller will serve as pallbearers.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gordon Funeral Home, 221 N. Third Ave. in Durant.
Phone: (580) 916-9090
www.gordonfh.com.

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