Mamie Faye (Miller) Rogers

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Mamie was born on May 17th, 1924.  Mamie's father was Ardis Lee Rogers and her mother was Emma Lee (Beene) Rogers.  Her maternal grandparents were William Thomas Beene and Mamie Allen Beene. She had two brothers and four sisters, named Ray, Cleo, Marie, Thelma, Zelma and Bobbie.  She died at the age of 92 on March 15th, 2017.  The funeral took place in Greenwood Cemetery-Teague, Texas.

• Death Notes

  Residence @death-Southlake, Texas

• General Notes

  Mamie Faye Miller
  (March 17, 1924 - March 15, 2017)
  Funeral services for Mamie Faye Miller were held on Saturday. March 18, 2017, at 1:00p.m. at Eighth Avenue Baptist Church in Teague. Bro. Roy Prather officiated. Interment followed the services at Greenwood Cemetery.
  Mrs. Miller passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Southlake, TX.
  
  She was born in Freestone, Tx on March 17, 1924 to Ardis and Emma Lee Rogers and raised in Teague, Tx. Faye was the eldest of eight children. She had a twin brother, Ray, who later preceded her in death. As a young girl, she picked cotton and helped her mother with all of her siblings. Following graduation, she went to work at the Teague Laundromat and later married the love of her life, Marvin Miller. They moved to Houston where she worked for twenty-eight years as one of the original Southwestern Bell Telephone operators. She continued to gather with the classes of Freestone County each year for a reunion as well as keeping in touch with them through phone calls and mail. She never forgot a friend. She followed her husband on his work trips when she could and eventually visited all fifty states during her lifetime. She was very close to her family and made many memories with her children & their spouses, her grandchildren and her siblings. Faye was very active in church and her Sunday school class and volunteered on numerous benevolent projects. She lived in Houston for most of her life, but spent the last few years in Southlake to be near her granddaughter and family.
  
  She is survived by one sister, Marie Byrne & husband Tom of Houston; sister-in-law, Jerry Rogers of Teague; brother-in-law, Allen Miller of Coolidge; son-in-law, Laddie Celman & wife Patsy of Wylie; daughter-in-law, Joan Miller of Crosby; five grandchildren, Connie Coleman & husband Charles of Keller, Dusty Miller & wife Ann of Crockett, Buddy Celman of McKinney, Darlene Reed & husband Craig of Spring, and Sharon Miller of Pasadena; thirteen great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; numerous beloved nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
  
  Mrs. Miller was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Miller; two sons, Billy Marvin Miller and Travis Grady Miller; one daughter, Janice Ann Celman; two grandchildren, “Little Bill” Miller and Cindy Jane Miller Tull; one great-grandson, Sam Tull; her parents, Ardis & Emma Lee Rogers; siblings, Lucille Rogers, Ray Rogers, Zelma Rogers Barger, Joe Rogers, Thelma Vincent, and Bobbie Jean Harville; sisters-in-law, Rose Morris, Leota Miller, Adeline Miller, and Frances Miller; brothers-in-law, Bill Vincent, Don Harville, W. C. Barger, C. B. Miller, and Grady Miller; and numerous other family members.

Details of Mamie's family with Marvin Miller