EUNICE~Our hearts are heavy as we announce the passing of our mother, sister, grandmother and friend, Darline S. Miller on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at the Summit Nursing Home in Alexandria. She was 78. A Celebration of Life will be celebrated at 2:00 pm on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Ardoin's Funeral Home Chapel in Eunice. Burial will follow in the Frey Cemetery with Father Joseph Tran officiating.
A homemaker, Darline devoted herself to her home and family. She loved gardening and sewing but most of all she loved her family and will be missed by all who knew and loved her especially her three children, Terrell M. Daigle and husband, Bernard of Eunice, Thomas M. Mayfield, III and wife, Amy of Concord, NC and James Miller and wife, Tammy of Odessa, TX; three sisters, Flora Smith of McNary, Shirley Milliman of Abbeville and Garnell Brannon of Oakdale; her eleven grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Paul Allen Miller; son, James M. Mayfield; daughters, Sherry Dale M. Honeycutt, Pamela Ann Miller and Mary Elizabeth Miller; parents, Melvin and Gracie Rollins Strange; sister, Jewel O'Carroll.
At the request of the family, visitation will be held at Ardoin's Funeral Home in Eunice on Wednesday, March 23rd from 1:00 pm until 8:00 pm and again on Thursday, March 24th from 8:00 am until time of services. Deacon Chuck Ortego will recite a Rosary at 6:00 pm Wednesday evening.