Mrs. Juanita Simpson Hyatt

May 17, 1942 - January 13, 2021

A graveside service for Mrs. Juanita Simpson Hyatt, 78 of Oxford, will be on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 2:30 pm at Forestlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on the same day from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm at Miller Funeral Home. The family requests that those in attendance to please wear a face mask and social distance. Mrs. Hyatt passed away on January 13, 2021. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, James H. Hyatt; grandchildren, Meredith Leigh Hyatt and Sarah Catherine Hyatt; siblings, Joe Simpson and Ann Simpson White, and a host of extended family members and friends. She is preceded in death by her son, Jim Hyatt; parents, Lee and Lizzie Simpson and her brother, Gordon Griggs. Pallbearers will be brothers-in-law and nephews. Mrs. Hyatt was a member of Grace Baptist Church. She worked as a drivers license tech at the DMV in Jacksonville. Mrs. Hyatt was a member of the Good Sam Camping Club and loved going camping and RV’ing with her husband and family. She was also a Cub Scout Den Mother. She enjoyed crafting, sewing, cooking, and spending time with her family. Mrs. Hyatt was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend and will be greatly missed by all those that knew her. The family would like to extend a special "thank-you" to the employees of Encompass Health and to the nursing staff of Signature Care, for the excellent care and service they provided.