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Louise Rutherford Miller, 94, of Denton, formerly of Greenville, died April 14, 2009, at Carriage House in Denton. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dr. William Benner and the Rev. Chris Campbell will officiate. Interment will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park. Visitation is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Louise was born September 8, 1914, at the Rutherford farm in Hunt County to George Lawrence and Josie Ardis Rutherford. On Sept. 8, 1938, she married John Henry Miller; he preceded her in death in 1957. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from Texas Woman's University in 1935. She was a homemaker and civic volunteer. Mrs. Miller was the first woman elected to the YMCA National Council following many years of service at the local and regional levels. She received the Distinguished Service Award from the Southwest Region in 1967, served as municipal judge and was on the Board of Equalization and Planning and Zoning Commission for the City of Greenville, received the Most Worthy Citizen Award from the Chamber of Commerce in 1967; served as secretary and president of the Greenville ISD Board of Trustees following terms as PTA president at Travis Elementary and Greenville High schools; was awarded Texas State Life Membership by the City Council PTA in 1952 and served on the Salvation Army Board of Directors. Louise was a lifetime member of the First Presbyterian Church serving in Women of the Church, building committees for the education building and sanctuary, and as chairman of the 100th birthday celebration in 1980.
Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, John and Shelby Miller of Denton, Sam and Nancy Miller of Dallas, Ben and Georgia Miller of Denton and Michael and Connie Miller of Austin; grandsons Alan Miller of Portland, Ore., Jim Miller of Austin, Mark Miller and wife Sarah O'Keefe of Durham, N.C., Scott Miller of Dallas and Kyle Miller of Garland; great-granddaughter Charlotte Miller of Durham, N.C.; sisters-in-law Mary Rutherford and Helen Rutherford of Greenville; four nephews and one niece.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by brothers Lawrence, Joe, James, and Med Rutherford; granddaughter Michelle Miller and niece Ann Rutherford Bickel.
Pallbearers will be five grandsons named above and three nephews, Jim, Bill, and Joe Rutherford.
The family requests memorials be made to First Presbyterian Church, 5905 Stonewall Street, Greenville, 75402, or to a charity of your choice.