Patsy Ruth Jamison Miller, age 81, of Coleman died August 16, 2006 at her home in Coleman.  Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 21 at First United Methodist Church with Dr. Leonard Radde officiating and assisted by Dr. Jeffrey Miller.  Burial will follow in the Coleman City Cemetery under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home.  Family visitation will be held on Sunday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Patsy J. Miller was born June 27, 1925 in Amarillo, Texas, the daughter of Tom E. Jamison and Clarence Dodd Jamison.  She grew up in Coleman, graduated from Coleman High School and Texas Tech University.  Patsy was raised in and a member of the First United Methodist Church and a member of the Dunson Sunday School Class.  She married J. P. "Bub" Miller, Jr. on May 15, 1946 in Fort Worth, Texas.  They moved to South Dakota in 1947 where they owned and operated Miller Ranch until 1972.  When they first moved to South Dakota they had no running water or electricity and Patsy learned to make do with the situation.  She and Bub were instrumental in getting rural electricity to that area of South Dakota.  Patsy started teaching at Cooper Country School in 1953 and taught in the Meade County School District in Sturgis, South Dakota until 1965.  She was the Rural School Principal for several years.  They moved back to Coleman, Texas in 1972.  Patsy worked at the Coleman County State Bank for many years.  She was also the founder and first president in 1974 of the Circle C Cowbelles (now Circle C Cattlewomen).

Survivors include two sons, John P. Miller of Red Owl, South Dakota and Tom C. Miller and wife Vivian of Red Owl, South Dakota; grandchildren Thomas Ryan Miller, Jeff D. Miller and wife Ashlee of Coleman, Mary Catherine Miller of Rochester, New York, Noelle Heinert of Powell, Wyoming; great-grandchild Baxter Heinert; two sisters-in-law, Ann Hargett and husband James of Coleman and Billie Marie Miller of Coleman; several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, J. P. "Bub" Miller, Jr., her parents and brother, Tom Jamison.

Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church Choir Fund, P. O. Box 852, 500 W. Live Oak Street, Coleman, Texas 76834.