Transcribed by Bradley Jeffreys February 5, 2017
Hazlehurst Courier (Hazlehurst, Mississippi)
Hazlehurst Courier (Hazlehurst, Mississippi)
October 20, 1910
Death
of a Good Woman
Mrs. Martha Miller died at the family home near Gallman
Saturday night, October 15th, 1910, in the 85th year of
her age.
Mrs. Miller was a truly good woman. She was wise in counsel and tender and quick
in sympathy. All her days were spent in
Copiah County. She was the daughter and
oldest child of Sandy Slay, one of the pioneer citizens of Northeast Copiah - a
vigorous, active, strong man – a leader in his day and time in every worthy
undertaking. Her husband was the
lamented William Miller, who preceded her in death about twenty years.
The children who survive her are: J.L. Miller and Mrs. L.L. Brittain of
Hazlehurst; Mrs. W.J. Hampton of Crystal Springs; Mrs. J.M. Shivers of
Poplarville; and two daughters who made their home with their mother at the
time of her death.
Mrs. Miller, at the time of her death, was a member of the
Gallman Baptist Church. She had been a
consistent member of the Baptist church since early girlhood. She appropriated to her own life the
teachings of the Great Teacher, and lived her religion day by day in humility
and serenity. Her fortitude, wisdom and
faith met every vicissitude of life calmly and wisely. The clouds were never so dark but that she
could see a silver lining.
Mrs. Miller will be greatly missed in her community by
neighbors and friends, but the loss falls heaviest upon the members of her own
family, who through long years have had in her comforter, friend and
counselor. To these The Courier extends
its profound sympathy.
