Obituary: Fern Miner

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Fern Miner, 95, longtime resident of Ridgway, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, at the home of her daughter in Owensboro, Ky.

Fern was born on May 3, 1916, to the late Lee and Rhea (Brown) Rister in Omaha. She was married to the late Dale Miner on Sept. 16, 1933.

She was a faithful member of the Ridgway First Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary, Women's Club and was named Mother of the Year once in the Ridgway School system. She was a devoted caregiver to her family and enjoyed decorating her home, reading and playing cards. Fern was a wonderful wife, loving mother and grandmother, good sister and friend. She will be greatly missed by the community.

Fern is survived by a daughter, Donna (John) Tate of Owensboro, Ky.; three grandchildren, Jonna, Mark and Kristi; and six great-grandchildren, Travis, Rowdy, Megan, Jonathon, Logan and Aaron.

Fern was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dale; a son, Carroll Miner; four sisters, Liza Willis, Wanda Mills, Helen Rister and Melba Stovall; along with a brother, Donnie Rister; and a son-in-law, John Lee Mills.

Funeral service for Fern will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 22, 2011, at the Cox and Son Funeral Home in Ridgway with the Rev. Rob Gallion officiating. The family will receive friends after 11 a.m. until funeral time at the funeral home. Interment will follow at the Jackson Cemetery near Ridgway.

The family asks in lieu of flowers that donations be made to the Hospice of Western Kentucky, 33419 Wathens Crossing, Owensboro, Ky. 42301.

You may leave a note of comfort to the family at the Internet site www.coxandson.com.