Lillaree Baggett Miller

Jacksonville - Funeral services for Lillaree Fair Baggett Miller, 97, of Jacksonville, Ala., will be Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at 2 p.m. at the Jacksonville Congregational Holiness Church with K.L. Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Center directing and the Rev. Hollis Martin and William Strickland officiating. The family will receive friends today, January 9, 2011, from 2-4 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to service at the church. Burial will follow in Four Mile Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Miller died January 7, 2011 in Anniston. Lillaree Fair Baggett Miller was born November 16, 1913 at Dark Corners, Alabama. She was the oldest of seven children born to Effie Adora Brown and Arthur Harrison Fair. She worked at Anniston Sportswear for 22 years before moving to Marietta, Ga. to work in her brother Alfred's family restaurant. She was known for making biscuits there. She taught classes at a community college for making biscuits. She is survived by one daughter, Mary Ann (Richard) Ferguson, of Anniston; three sons, A.G. (Sandra) Baggett, of Jacksonville, Allen (Jane) Miller Jr., of Gadsden and Wayne Miller, of Villa Rica, Ga.; one sister, Betty Ann Newsome, of Jacksonville; eleven grandchildren, Marie Baggett Milner, Neil Baggett, Elaine (Phillip) Jones, Gerald Ferguson, Regina (John) Pierson, Shane (Veronica) Ferguson, Robert (Naomi) Miller, Barry (Angie) Miller, Marcus (Joann) Miller, Steven (Connie) Miller, and Chanda (Joe) Hillman; twenty-two great-grandchildren, Rachael and Daniel Milner, Brianna, Colter, Bricota Ferguson, Rebecca Leanne Miller (Adam) Chasteen, Bobby, Erica and Celia Miller, Ryan, Justin and Jacob Miller, Ashley and Marcus Allen Miller, Joshua, Kristen, Brooke McInityre, Breanna, Lauren and Kimberly Hilman; one great-great-grandchild, Cheyenne Chasteen and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be, Neil Baggett, Shane Ferguson, Robert Miller, Barry Miller, Marcus Miller and Steven Miller. Mrs. Miller was preceded in death by her husband Allen Miller, her parents, Effie Brown and Arthur Fair; one daughter, Nellie Marie Baggett; one great- grandson, Colton Ferguson; five brothers, Hoyt, Elbert, Orris, Jack and Alfred Fair. She was loved by all who knew her. She loved her Lord and lived her life in a great Christian manner. She was a member of Big Rock Congregational Holiness Church at Sand Rock. She was known as the "Tea Cake Lady". Flowers will be accepted or donation can be made to New Beacon Hospice, 818 Leighton Ave, Suite A Anniston, AL 36207. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.klbrownfuneralhome.com.