Dorothy Miracle

Dorothy Rice Miracle closed her eyes to go to sleep on the evening of November 12, 2025, and opened them to see her husband of 68 years, Arthur Miracle, two of their sons, Glen and Billy Miracle, and two of their daughters, Judith Smith and Emma Miracle, waiting for her at the pearly gates of Heaven.

Born June 27, 1936, she was the youngest of six children born to Hence and Emma Holland Rice, both of whom precede her. Dorothy met her husband Arthur Miracle while at church one evening. After the service, Arthur asked if she would like to “go steady,” with him and he walked her home. After courting for a time, they decided each other was “the one,” and they were married in front of the Bell Theater in Pineville, KY in June of 1952, and began a long and happy life together.

She will be dearly missed and forever loved by her sons, Richard and Darrel (April) Miracle, both of Middlesboro, KY; her daughter, Debbie (Herman) North of Huber Heights, OH; as well as special daughter-in-law, Margaret Miracle, of Harrogate, TN; grandchildren, Dottie Beverly, Veronica, Herman, Brandon, and Aaron North, Junior and Mary Smith, Shannon Mills, Michael Carrol, Kayla Causey, Whitney Sweet, Dustin Witt, and Glenda, Louanne, Michael, RT, and Jesse Miracle; great-grandchildren, Ryan North, Matthew Watts, Cameron and Cayden Mills, Ava Sweet, Ian and Devin Smith, Chloe Williamson, Jacob, Lucas, and Steven Miracle; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

The family extends a special thank you to Buchanan Place as well as SunCrest Hospice.

Funeral services will be at 12:30 PM on Monday, November 17, 2025, at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home with Rev. Ferlin Daniels presiding. Burial will follow at the Betty Frost Cemetery in Woolum with family and friends serving as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends on Monday from 12:00 PM until the funeral hour at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Pineville, which is honored to serve the Miracle Family. Light a candle of remembrance and sign the guest register at www.arnettsteele.com.