Karen "Katie" Williams Miller, 61, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2103, at Piedmont Medical Center. She was surrounded by her family. She was born July 4, 1952, to Ernest Ray and Sarah "Betsy" Robinson Williams. She was a native of York, S.C., and grew up in Rock Hill, S.C. She graduated from Rock Hill High School and was retired from Comporium, where she worked for 40 years. Katie was a strong-willed woman with many talents. She loved her family and animals. She always could make you smile. She was a great wife, daughter, aunt and a mother figure to some. We will miss her but she is now with the love of her life. She was predeceased by her husband, Richard "Ricky" Miller; sister-in-law, Lynn B. Williams; and nephew, Danny Ray Williams Jr. (Cory). Katie and Ricky were married for 43 years before his death in March of 2012. Survivors include her parents, Ernest Ray and Sarah Robinson (Betsy) Williams; two brothers, Danny Ray Williams and Harry Wayne Williams (Kookie); four nieces, Leslie Williams Hensley, Katelyn Williams, Mariah Gail Williams and Charlotte Ashe Williams; one great-niece and two great-nephews, Cheyanne Jane Williams, Cory T. and Will R. Hensley. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, in the Bass-Cauthen Funeral Home Chapel. Memorial donations may be made to Zion Presbyterian Church Building Fund or to the Hospice of one's choice.