March 29, 2003

Bessie Miller

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Bessie Marie Miller, 98, of Sikeston, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Jan. 7, 1905, in Oak Ridge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davenport. She and Leo Miller were married June 30, 1928, at Jackson. He died Aug. 23, 1981...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Bessie Marie Miller, 98, of Sikeston, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Jan. 7, 1905, in Oak Ridge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davenport. She and Leo Miller were married June 30, 1928, at Jackson. He died Aug. 23, 1981.

Miller had been a nurse aide. She was a member of First Church of God in Cape Girardeau and Order of Eastern Star.

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Survivors include two grandchildren, Patricia Whitaker of Dania Beach, Fla., and Boyd Dillon of Orangevale, Calif.

She was preceded in death by two daughters and a sister.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau after 11:30 a.m. today.

The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. The Rev. Mark Ramsey will officiate. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.

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