Emma Jean Miller

Emma Jean Miller, age 89, of Wilson, Oklahoma, passed away on March 10, 2026, in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Born on April 7, 1936, in Rexroat, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late V.B. “Dan” Emerson and Lila Estelle (Thompson) Emerson.

Emma spent her formative years in Rexroat, where she completed her high school education. In 1953 she married Billy Wayne Bolles, who passed away in 1988. She later married James “Jim” Miller. Over the years she worked at Kiddy Land, where she took special pride in providing her granddaughters with beautiful clothing, and later at Label Stable before retiring from First National Bank. She found great joy in tending her flower gardens and in painting.

She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, sisters Sue Cantrell and Nell Price, and great-grandson Tristan Bolles. Emma is survived by her son, Lynn Bolles; daughter, Brenda Davis; granddaughters, Melissa Brown, Jessica Smith, and Heather Weatherford; great-grandchildren, Evan Wilkinson, Faith Bolles-Murphy, Zoey Murphy, and Jace Johnson; great-great-granddaughters, Harper Mykal Burton and Raelynn Jade Sain; sisters, Kay Norton and Sharon Burel; and many other loving family members and friends.