Jeanne H. Miller

Published 12:02 pm Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Jeanne H. Miller died Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, at Desoto Health Care Southaven. She was 84.

A native of Greenville, Mrs. Miller was a lifelong resident of Vicksburg. She was former owner and operator of the Klondyke. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Vicksburg and of the Eastern Star Acacia Chapter 56, where she was a past matron and served over 50 years.

Mrs. Miller attended the University of Maryland. She was an avid fisherwoman. Her passion in life was her family.

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She was preceded in death by her husband, Vallery Knox Miller; her parents, Daniel and Emma Hendricks; and her sister, Mabel Walker.

Survivors include a son, Bill Landrum of Kingsman, Kan.; four daughters, Sherry Crowe and Paula Cravens, both of Memphis, Kay Bennett of Vicksburg and Penny Miller of Southaven; 10 grandchildren, Neal Crowe, Kelly Crowe Justiss, Scott Landrum, Leslie Landrum, Chris Clay, J.W. Bennett, Denise Miller, Brian Miller, Gideon Cravens and Cory Cravens; and seven great-grandchildren, John Crowe, Christian Crowe, Grayson Justiss, Addison Justiss, Madison Miller, Caleb Miller and Elliana Rose Landrum.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Glenwood Funeral Home with the Rev. Larry Haggard officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Wendell Miller, Greg Cravens, Don Miller Jr., Buster Miller, Jimmy Miller and Louie Miller.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of Eastern Star Acacia Chapter No. 56.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942.