Mrs. Gordon “Dora Goldene Bitner” Miller, age 86, of Forest Hills Drive, Greeneville, will be spending Christmas with Jesus this year. She had been on this journey for quite some time. She reached her destination on Monday morning, December 16, 2019 while at Signature Health Care. Goldene was a member of Calvary Baptist Church for over 40 years. She was a perfectionist whether she was making clothes for her many clients, doing her housework, teaching Sunday school, or whatever she chose to do. Her motto was “If it’s worth doing it’s worth doing right” and that is what she lived by.
She is survived by one daughter: Jewel Miller Stevenson, one son: Aaron Miller, one granddaughter: Tonya Stevenson and Marvin Long, one great grandson: Jet Miller Long, one brother: Zenis Childress, three sisters: Sue Segarra, Ellen and Charley Carmack, and Etta and Ronnie Hensley, several nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews.
She was the daughter of the late Roy Bitner and Della Bitner Childress and was preceded in death by her husband: Gordon Miller, two brothers: Hugh Childress, C.C. Childress, and one sister: Jean Gray.
The family will receive friends from 5-7 pm Wednesday at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 7:00 pm with the Rev. Paul Garritt and Rev. Charley Carmack officiating. Family and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10:15 am Thursday to go in procession to the cemetery with interment following at 11:00 am at GreeneLawn Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers will be: Ronnie Hensley, James Stokely, Clay Dunaway, and David Arrington.
Honorary pallbearers will be: Marvin Long, and the Men of Calvary Baptist Church.
Special thanks to nurses and staff of Signature Health Care and Amedisys Health Care for their loving care during Mrs. Miller’s illness.
