 West Hill Cemetery Sherman, Texas  Rev. Gordon Miller 1925 - 2009  Rev. Gordon H. Miller, 84, a retired Methodist minister, died August 3, 2009. Arrangements were under the direction of Dannel Funeral Home. Graveside services were held Thursday, August 6 at West Hill Cemetery. Rev. Tim McLemore of Kessler Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, officiated. Rev. Miller was born January 29, 1925 in Odessa, Texas, the son of Homer and Edna Cornwell Miller. He was educated in the public schools and went on to higher education at Southern Methodist University. He then completed his Masters in Theology at Perkins Seminary in Dallas. On September 17, 1948, he married Beverly Shock. Preceded in death by his parents, Rev. Miller is survived by his wife; a son, Mark Miller of New York City, New York; a daughter, Donna Miller and husband, Martin Weiser, of Dallas; and three grandchildren, Daniel, Leo and Aaron Weiser. - - - Dannel Funeral Home  Beverly Gene Shock Miller passed away on July 26, 2016 in Dallas, comfortably at home and with her beloved caregiver, Maria (Rocio) Garcia by her side. Within their hearts and in their own actions, the family and friends of Mrs. Miller will forever cherish and remember her supportive, indomitable spirit. Beverly was born on October 8, 1927, daughter of Chadwick and Winifred Shock in Sherman, Texas. Mrs. Miller lived all across Texas as a child and later as an adult and wife of a Methodist minister, Rev. Gordon Miller. She moved to Aransas Pass when she was 8 and then moved to Refugio, where she graduated from high school. After graduating, Mrs. Miller became a students at Texas Women's University in Denton. Later as luck would have it, Mrs. Miller would meet her future husband of 61 years at a Methodist student mixer in Austin. Mr. Miller attended the University of Texas at Austin. In 1948 the couple married in Austin. After 9 years of marriage, Mr. Miller felt a calling to become a minister in the Methodist church, following in the footsteps of his father, Rev. Homer Miller. The younger Mr. Miller earned his divinity degree at Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 1960. Mrs. Miller devotedly followed her husband into the ministry, embracing the often challenging role of a small town minister's wife. After he became a minister, the Millers would move their family every 2 to 5 years until Mr. Miller retired from the ministry. In addition to the myriad roles she played in every church they served, from Sunday School teacher to choir director to organist, Mrs. Miller worked outside the home to help support her family. One of Mrs. Miller's favorite and most fulfilling jobs was as a certified Head Start Pre-K Director, working with underprivileged children. She started working as a director for Head Start when her own children, Donna and Mark, left grade school, and would become almost a second parent to the children she saw on a daily basis. Mrs. Miller would often visit the children and their families at their homes. She was determined to see both the children and families succeed in life. Frequently Mrs. Miller would become very involved with troubled families and help see them through difficult situations for the betterment of the children. Mrs. Miller was known as the "rock" of her own family. Between her and her husband, Mrs. Miller was the more practical and pragmatic and it often fell to her to solve a crisis, organize one of the frequent moves or take in another of the stray animals her children constantly brought to her. She was always a strong, loving friend, adviser, a daughter, wife and mother. She was fiercely protective and proud of her children, Donna and Mark. While she worried when they moved to big cities far away from Texas, she was content in knowing that she and their father had prepared them to lead independent lives in which they could fulfill their ambitions and dreams. She loved working with her hands and being active despite a lifetime of back and spine problems that often created debilitating pain. She was a wonderful seamstress, making many of her children's clothes including her daughter's high school twirling costumes. Mrs. Miller was a renowned cook for her friends and family. Her speciality was her chicken fried venison. Beverly Gene Miller is survived by her daughter, Donna Elizabeth Miller, and Donna's husband, Martin Weiser; son, Mark Emerson Miller; her grandchildren, Daniel Gordon Weiser, Leo Emerson Weiser, and Aaron Isaac Weiser; her sister, Donna Shock Taylor and her husband, James Taylor; her nieces, Tracey Woodard and Holly Meredith; and by Maria Garcia, her caregiver and friend. Mrs. Miller was preceded in death by her husband; and her parents. A graveside service was held for Mrs. Miller on Monday morning, August 1, 2016 at West Hill Cemetery in Sherman. West Hill Cemetery Elaine Nall Bay ©2019 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |