Dolen Miller nee Whittaker was my mother who died in 1989. When my sisters and I were young/teen age children she owned and operated a small country store in Old Man Bay, North Side. She would allow the wives/mothers of seafarers to buy goods from her little store on credit until their husband / sons allotments arrived in the island. She was also the person in Old Man Bay who had a central telephone and would send her children to deliver messages, or to get the person to come to her house to talk to the family member who was calling from overseas or who would call back in a few minutes later. If it was nighttime, she would go herself to persons in the Old Man Bay area, especially as an extra service or for the convenience of seamen waiting for a call or a seamen calling from a Port overseas. This was done at times when her own husband (Elgin Miller) was at sea himself or was at home, and she was ably assisted by her son and daughters with this community service to seamen and their families.

Dolen Miller nee Whittaker was my mother who died in 1989. When my sisters and I were young/teen age children she owned and operated a small country store in Old Man Bay, North Side. She would allow the wives/mothers of seafarers to buy goods from her little store on credit until their husband / sons allotments arrived in the island. She was also the person in Old Man Bay who had a central telephone and would send her children to deliver messages, or to get the person to come to her house to talk to the family member who was calling from overseas or who would call back in a few minutes later. If it was nighttime, she would go herself to persons in the Old Man Bay area, especially as an extra service or for the convenience of seamen waiting for a call or a seamen calling from a Port overseas. This was done at times when her own husband (Elgin Miller) was at sea himself or was at home, and she was ably assisted by her son and daughters with this community service to seamen and their families.