Dona (Keith) Milam

Dona Keith Milam, 91 years of age, from the Short Creek Community, passed from this life, April 20, 2023, at Spring View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Leitchfield.

Mrs. Milam was a member of Short Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church and for many years she served in her church and presbytery in various capacities. She also worked in the public as a mercantile clerk. Dona Milam was true Christian disciple. 

Mrs. Milam was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Rev. Robert Milam; a daughter, Deborah “Debbie” Grider; a grandson, Zachary Lindsey; a great grandson, Edmund Mary Pruitt; her parents, Joseph and Dora Jane Logsdon Keithand her maternal grandparents, Philip and Rebecca Logsdon, who raised Mrs. Milam. 

Surviving family are two daughters, Rebecca (Boyd) Day of Short Creek; Kathy (Jim) McGrew of Clarkson, Ky; a son-in-law, Larry Grider of Hendersonville, TN; 7 grandchildren, Richard Harrison, Shane Pruitt, Shelly Lindsey, Aaron Day, Jessica Collins, Rebecca Bowen, and Alexandra Majors; 15 great grandchildren; 2 sisters-in-law, Margaret Campbell of Mattoon, IL, and Betty Milam of the Short Creek community and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins. 

Funeral Services will be held at 1 PM, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Short Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Bro. Richard Harrison and Rev. Billy Carter officiating. Burial will follow in the Duff Community Cemetery. 

Visitation will be from 1 to 8 PM, Tuesday at the Watkins Funeral Home and after 10 AM, Wednesday, at the Church. 

Expressions of sympathy can take the form of a contribution to the Robert and Dona Milam Endowment Fund; Missions Ministry Team, Cumberland Presbyterian Center, 8207 Traditional Place; Cordova, TN 38016. 

Watkins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

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