Edna “Becky” Miller, age 71, of Leesburg, died Saturday, July 9, 2005 at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.  She was born January 19, 1934, in the community of Bridges, the daughter of Thomas A. and Opal Katherine Bailey Forte.  She had worked at Kaufman’s Bargain Store in Hillsboro for five years, Wilknit Hosiery in Leesburg for 17 years, and was a former teller and branch manager for the Hillsboro Bank and First Security Bank in Hillsboro.  She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Paul R. Miller, to whom she married September 11, 1948 in Maysville, Kentucky; three sisters, Mary Huffman of Elmville, Ohio, Doris Collinsworth of Dayton, Ohio and Margaret Waddell of Leesburg, Ohio. Several nieces, nephews and a host of friends also survive.  She is preceded in death by her father Thomas A. Forte; mother Opal Katherine Bailey Bumgarner; half-brother Richard Bumgarner; nephew Ricky Forte; and great nephew Freddie Waddell, Jr.  Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 14, 2005 at the Samantha Free Will Baptist Church.  Brother Wiley Perkins and Brother Kim Zornes will officiate.  Burial will follow in the White Oak Grove Cemetery in Buena Vista.  Visitation will be Wednesday, July 13, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Turner & Son Funeral Home, Hillsboro, and Thursday from 12:00 p.m. until the time of service at 2:00 p.m. at the Samantha Free Will Baptist Church.  For more information and to sign our on-line register please visit www.turnerfuneralhomes.cc



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