Mrs. Marie Severt Miller, age 81, of West Jefferson passed away Saturday morning, December 29, 2012 at Ashe Assisted Living. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 1:00pm at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ralph smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Severt Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 11:00-1:00pm on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 two hours prior to the funeral service. Mrs. Miller was born in Ashe County on Sunday, July 26, 1931 to the late Gaither and Saddie Mash Severt. She retired from Sara Lee Knit Products. In her spare time, Marie liked to quilt and crochet. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jonas Miller on August 7, 2012; three sisters, Marlene Dudley, Mazie Wyatt and Mae Miller; three brothers, Claude Severt, Hardin Severt and Bill Severt. Mrs. Miller is survived by a son, Lloyd Miller and wife, Doni, of West Jefferson; three daughters, Betty Lambert, of West Jefferson, Pauline Patrick and husband, Larry, of North Wilkesboro and Becky Whybrew and Husband, Greg, of Pfafftown, NC; a sister, Mamie Turner, of Rural Hall, NC; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; 3 great, great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews also survive. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to: The Family, c/o Boone Family Funeral Home, PO Box 786, West Jefferson, NC 28694.