Velda Ilea Willerton Miller

SERVICES: 11:00 AM Thursday, December 9, 2010, at Memory Gardens Mausoleum with Rev. Garry Worden, pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church, officiating. BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Miller was born September 6, 1934 in Three Sands, Oklahoma, to William and Gertrude Willerton. She graduated from Tonkawa High School in 1952. She married Gordon Alfred Miller on June 14, 1952 in Perry, Oklahoma, and then moved to Pampa. Company business relocated them to Bridgeport, Texas, Vernal, Utah, and Mineral Wells before retiring and moving back to Pampa in 1993.Mrs. Miller was primarily a homemaker, but also worked as a teacher's assistant in Mineral Wells and Pampa. She completed her Associates Degree in 1991 at Weatherford Junior College. She was extremely creative and constantly working on crafts and sewing projects.SURVIVORS: husband: Gordon Miller of the home; four sons: Gordon Allen Miller and wife Terry of Plainview, Raymond Miller and wife Susan of Comanche, Johnny Miller and wife Jeanna of Pampa, and Mark Miller and wife Sandra of Bryan; two daughters: Connie Johnson and husband Robert of Lubbock, and Mary Tyler and husband Walter of Wichita, Kansas; a sister: Margaret Tautfest of Red Rock, Oklahoma; a brother: Kenneth Willerton of Ponca City, Oklahoma; sixteen grandchildren: Angela Dunning of McKinney, Shelly Miller and J. R. Dunn, both of Plainview, LeAnna Miller of Lubbock, Chad Miller and Amy Crawford, both of Mineral Wells, Mary Snyder of Pennsylvania, Jeremy Miller of Amarillo, Josh Miller of Moore, Oklahoma, Kristi Harkness of Water Valley, Kayla George of Clovis, New Mexico, James Isaac Miller and Michael Miller, both of Bryan, Austen Tyler of Houston, and Jarrett Tyler and Alex Tyler, both of Wichita, Kansas; twelve great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers: Russell, Leroy and Calvin Willerton; and three sisters: Juanita Sledge, Norma Wilkins and Phillis Rickets.MEMORIALS: Fellowship Baptist Church, 622 E. Francis, Pampa, Texas 79065.