Bernice Oakes Miller

Bernice Oakes Miller, 89, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Brister Cemetery in the Hesterville community of Attala County. Rev. Gene Richardson will officiate. Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Miller was born January 21, 1931 in Attala county to John William and Betty Lena Miller Oakes. She was a faithful member of the Unity Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Carlene M. Pylate, and her husband, Irving of Starkville, MS; two sisters, Pearlean Cummins of West, and Betty Long of Florence, MS; two grandchildren, Andrew Pylate, and his wife, Leah of Starkville, and Mollie Smith, and her husband Dusty of Louisville, MS; five great-grandchildren, Andley Pylate, Leni Pylate, Noah Pylate, Lena Grace Smith, and John William Smith. She also left behind a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Carlton A. Miller; three sisters, Katherine Prevost, Mary Helen Luceford, and Mildred Madden Alexander; two brothers, J.D. Oakes and Charles Oakes. Those serving as pallbearers will be Ronnie Cummins, David Miller, Larry Miller, Carlos Prevost, Andrew Pylate, Dustin Smith, and John William Smith. Memorials may be made to the Unity Baptist Church or the Brister Cemetery Fund.