Obituaries

Mattie Miller, longtime Sherman resident, joined her husband, Billy in their heavenly home on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at Lighthouse Care Center in Sherman. Bill and Mattie resided together for the past several months under the tender, loving care of the owners and staff of Lighthouse Care Center. Mattie was born the daughter of Pearl Thomas and Ed Moran on August 13, 1935 in Antlers, OK. She attended Moyers Schools in Antlers, OK. She married Billy Miller on December 24, 1951 in DeQueen, AK. Of this union, four sons were born, Billy, J.D., Chad and Daniel. She was a homemaker and worked alongside her husband at several Dairy Queens in North Texas for many years. After her retirement from Dairy Queen, she prepared school meals for Grayson Christian Academy. She was a member of Grayson Bible Baptist Church for more than 58 years and taught Sunday school for 46 years, was a great, dedicated prayer warrior and was very active in all activities of the church as long as her health permitted. Mattie was preceded in death by her parents, Pearl Thomas and Ed Moran, husband, Billy J. Miller, and sons, J. D. Miller and Chad Michael Miller, and sister, Norma Owens. She is survived by sons, Billy E. Miller and wife, Elaine of Sherman, and Daniel Miller wife, Holly of Denison; brother Tommy Moran and wife, Debbie of Andrews, TX; sisters, Ann Faulkenberry of Scottsdale, AZ, Sandra Coleman and husband, Jack of Jasper, TX; daughter-in-law, Teresa Miller of Sherman; Grandchildren Lindsey Miller McGlynn and husband, A.J., Jacob Miller, Gwynn Parsons, Matthew and Jennifer Kennedy; and Great Granddaughter, Charli McGlynn. A Celebration of Life service will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Grayson Bible Baptist Church in Sherman, officiated by Reverend Eddy Johnson assisted by Bro. Charles Hamilton. Interment will follow in Cedarlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Dannel Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Warren Ridgedell, Robert Smith, Robert McDaniel, Terry Matthews, Joe Rushing, and Larry Cross. Honorary pallbearers will be Dan Wilcox and Ira Inman. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be given to the Spanish Ministries at Grayson Bible Baptist Church, 4400 US Hwy 82 E, Sherman,TX 75090; Lighthouse Care Center, 1409 E. Houston, Sherman, TX 75090; or Heart to Heart Hospice, 600 E. Taylor St., Suite 3005, Sherman, TX 75092. Arrangements are under the direction of Dannel Funeral Home, Sherman, Texas.