Elizabeth Clyce Britton Miley

MILEY, Elizabeth Clyce Britton proceeded to the presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ, early on October 4, 2009. She was the widow of George Errett Miley Jr. of Richmond. Her living descendants are George Errett Miley III and his wife, Hanna, of Phoenix, Ariz., Carol Paxton Miley Clarke and her husband, Larry, of Pensacola, Fla., and Virginia "Gindy" Britton Miley of Richmond. Mrs. Miley had two grandchildren, David Mason Clarke of Pensacola, Fla., and Elizabeth Paxton Clarke Hammett of Garland, Texas; and four great-grandchildren, Seth, Madison, Jackson and Tyler Clarke. Betty attended the College of William & Mary, where she graduated with a BA in English. She retired from teaching in Henrico Public Schools in 1977. She was a loyal and faithful member of Immanuel Baptist Church on Monument Avenue. Visitation will be at the Central Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 3215 Cutshaw Avenue, from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 6. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 7, in the Hermitage Chapel, 1600 Westwood Avenue, Richmond. Interment will be private. Pastor Sparky Pritchard will preside. In lieu of flowers, the family requests gifts be sent to Mrs. Miley's favorite charities, The Braille Circulating Library, 2700 Stuart Ave., Richmond, Va. 23220-3305; Good News Jail & Prison Ministry, P.O. Box 9760, Richmond, Va. 23228-0760; or Antioch Network, PMB #149, 9524 W. Camelback Rd., Suite 130, Glendale, Ariz. 85305.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.