Bertha Miller

Bertha Agnes Richardson Miller Mrs. Bertha Agnes Richardson Miller, age 76, passed away Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, in a Richlands, Va., hospital. Born July 17, 1933, in Russell County, Va., she was a daughter of the late Walter Douglas and Lucille Turner Richardson. A lifelong resident of the area, she was a member of Wilson's Chapel. She had been a seamstress at several area factories. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two grandsons, John Russell Short and Joey Lee Richardson; four sisters, Mary Richardson, Clara Miller, Pansy Whited and Marie Perkins; and five brothers, Woodrow, Elmer, Perry, Arnold and Paul Richardson. Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Russell Marion Miller; four daughters, Donna Ward and husband Mike of Maple Gap, Kathy Tiller and husband Lonnie of Rosedale, Ruthie Richardson and husband David of Raven and Linda Hardy and husband Rex of Pounding Mill; two sons, Russell Lee Miller and wife Juanita of Wardell and John Miller and wife Patricia of Raven; one sister, Bessie Richardson of Swords Creek; one brother, Donald Richardson of Swords Creek; 20 grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel, Honaker, Va., with Rev. Carl Robinson and Rev. Clyde Rose officiating. Interment will follow in the Richardson Cemetery at Swords Creek. Pallbearers will be Jonathan Miller, Josh Ball, Mike Ward, Ryan Hardy, David Richardson, James Miller, Willie Short and Bruce Richardson. Friends may call at the Honaker Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Monday.