Mecklenburg County NcArchives Obituaries.....Miller, Mary Fair Howell September 18, 1915
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Charlotte Observer, September 19, 1915
MRS. JASPER MILLER DIED YESTERDAY
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Succumbed to Internal Injury After Brief But Brave Battle for Life.  Burial 
Today.

Mrs. Mary Fair Howell Miller, wife of Mr. Jasper Miller died yesterday 
afternoon at 4:45 o'clock at her home, No. 3 North Myers street after an acute 
illness of several days.  She was 67 years old.

Mrs. Miller was taken ill last Sunday night, but for several days previously 
she had not been well.  Last Friday she spent with her sister, Mrs. L. W. 
Sanders, at her home on South Tryon street.  Sunday night it was discovered 
that she was suffering from a ruptured artery and it was realized that her 
condition was desperate.  A number of physicians and surgeons were called into 
consultation, but Mrs. Miller did not possess sufficient strength to undergo 
the ordeal of an operation.  Though very weak, she retained consciousness until 
the last.

Mrs. Miller was a native of Charlotte, having been born here October 2, 1858.  
She was educated at the Charlotte Female College and grew to womanhood here.  
On December 18, 1878, whe was married to Mr. Jasper Miller.  Soon afterward 
they moved to Spartanburg.  In 1883 they moved to Columbia and resided there 
until 1901 when they returned to Charlotte.  Since that time they have made 
this their home.

Mrs. Miller is survived by her husband and five children, Mr. George Lawrence 
Miller, Mrs. O. L. Watts, Mrs. Otis K. Asbury of Richmond, Va., Miss Carrie 
Louise Miller and Mr. Stephen Alexander Miller.  Three children, Howell, 
Jasper, Jr., and Martha Elizabeth are deceased.  Mrs. Miller is survived also 
by a sister and a brother, these being Mrs. L. W. Sanders and Mrs. George A. 
Howell, and by four grand-children, Nancy and William Watts, Stephen Lawrence 
Asbury and Lawrence Lee Miller.

Mrs. Miller was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and gave unstintedly 
of her time and strength to the advancement of its work.  so many and usch 
conclusive proofs had she given of her loyalty and devotion to the Church and 
its allied organizations that she was relied upon for counsel, aid and support, 
and never did she disappoint this expectation.  In her home her golden 
qualities of character were most clearly seen, for she was devoted to her 
husband and to her children, and no sacrifice was too great to make for them.  
Upon her family she lavished a wealth of affection and was herself a tower of 
strength in the family counsels, combining force of character, with sunniness 
of disposition, insight, tact and serenity.  But not only at home and in the 
Church, but throughout the city wherever she was known her loss will be 
deplored.

The funeral will be conducted this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from the 
residence.  The pall-bearers will be:  Messrs. H. W. Glasgow, John B. 
Alexander; George B. Hartman, J. S. Myers, W. W. Grier, J. J. Hutchison, B. F. 
Withers and J. B. McLaughlin.

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