Shirley Grey Miller

Shirley passed peacefully on December 21st She was the wife of William M. Miller, former Mayor of Weirton. She was born August. 17th 1935 to the late Dorothy and Clyde Woodard.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Dorothy (Barkhurst) Woodard and Clyde Woodard, and sister Doris (Woodard) Timberlake, sister Freda (Woodard) Beatty sister Jean (Woodard) Freeland and granddaughter Alexis Miller.

Surviving family members are husband William M. Miller, son Clyde (Woody) Miller, Kevin Miller and his wife Leslie (Stewart) Miller and daughter Deborah A. (Miller) Paulik and her husband George Paulik, and son William (Mister) Miller & his wife Aershyn (Pennington) Miller and one grandson, Matthew James Wenger and great granddaughter Bailee Grey Wenger.

Some of the community activities she was involved in throughout her life included: PTA member and President, a Boy Scout Den Mother, the Weirton Baseball Association, Co-chairperson for the Weirton Hospital Candy Stripers and Pink Cotillion Ball and was Entertainment co-chair for The Weirton Food & Arts Festival for 5 years. At one time, Shirley & Bill were Judge’s Coordinators for the Miss USA & Miss Teen USA Pageant in the states of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Indiana.

She enjoyed cooking and canning, traveling, being with family and friends, reading, gardening, spending time on her Kindle and iPad and anxiously watching the outcome of Steeler games.

There will be no visitation. A private memorial service will be held by the family at a later date. The family would like to thank her medical providers, Weirton Home Health and Valley Hospice. The family request that anyone wishing to memorialize her and her influence on their life make a donation in her name to Valley Hospice (https://www.valleyhospice.org/events/online-donations/), in recognition of their outstanding care of Shirley and their guidance to the family.

Following are words that Shirley used to comfort others during trying times:

When God saw you getting tired
And cure was not to be
He put his arms around you
And said come with me
And now she is gone
You can shed tears that she is gone
Or you can smile because she has lived
You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back
Or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her
Or you can be full of the love that you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
You can remember her and only that she is gone
Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on
You can cry and close your mind, be empty, and turn your back
Or you can do what she would want, open your eyes, love and go on
Her memories are a treasure that will never fade
The times together were golden and precious memories were made
Through the laughter and the tears, we were
Blessed to have shared her love through the years.

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