Mrs. Joye Miller
Mrs. Joye Lee Rogers Miller, age 73, of Cove, Arkansas, passed peacefully from this life on Monday, August 23, 2021, at the Mena Regional Medical Center.

Joye was born one of four children born to the union of Edgar E. Rogers, Jr. and Betty Joye Young Rogers on September 27, 1947, in Killeen, Texas. She married the love of her life, John Nuel Miller, on January 6, 1967, in Dallas, Texas. To this union, two daughters and a son were born. Joye retired from the Wickes School System after serving several years in food service and seventeen years as a bus driver. After retirement, Joye worked more than fifteen years in the HIPPY Program with the De Queen/Mena Educational Cooperative, serving early education children of the area. She was Baptist and enjoyed her dog – Bud, sewing, crafting, making wedding books, baking, cooking, and her stamp collection. Most of all, she cherished the time spent with her loving children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Betty Rogers; her loving husband and father of her children, John Miller in 1997; her second husband, Mike Shirley in 2011; and a brother, Johnny Rogers.

Joye leaves to cherish her loving memory, three daughters and sons-in-law, Sherri Frachiseur and Boujean of Cove, Elizabeth Gavigan and Brian of Brentwood, California, Abby Shirley and Wes of Texarkana; one son and daughter-in-law, John Miller and LeeAnn of Gillham; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; one brother, Eddie Rogers of Dallas, Texas; one sister, Janet Henry of Cove; as well as nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Joye Miller will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, September 4, 2021, in the First Baptist Church of Wickes with Bro. Scott Ray officiating. Burial will follow at Duckett Cemetery, Wickes. Funeral Arrangements are entrusted to Chandler Funeral Home of De Queen. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M., Friday, at the funeral home. You may send an online sympathy message at www.chandlerfuneral.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family ask that memorials be made to CARTI Cancer Center. Donations may be mailed to CARTI Foundation, P.O. Box 55011, Little Rock, Arkansas 72215, or by phone, (501) 296-3202.