Melba Jean Miller, daughter of the late Hobert Hagy and Effie Jiles Hagy, was born on June 28, 1927 in Dexter and departed this life on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 in the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter at the age of 88.

Mrs. Miller was a Line worker at Purolator Filter Company in Dexter.  She was a member of Risen Church and a resident of Dexter.

On November 11, 1948 she was united in marriage to Isaac William “Bill” Miller in Piggott Arkansas.  Mr. Miller preceded her in death on February 4, 1988.

Mrs. Miller is survived by two sons; James “Jim” Dallas and wife Karen Miller of Jackson, Tennessee; Michael D. and wife Susie Miller of Dexter; by two daughters; Kathy and husband Don McRoy of Dexter  and Janet and husband Dale McClanahan of Dexter; by one brother, Lloyd Hagy of Arizona and one sister Vivian Pruitt of Brownsville, Texas;  by seven grandchildren; by twelve great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Clyde Hagy and one sister, Erma Dowdy.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, June 3, 2016 from 11:00AM – 1:00 PM. 

Funeral services will then be conducted on Friday, June 3, 2016 at 1:00 PM in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with the Rev, Rick Roberts officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.