MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - John J. Miller Jr., 22 Jan 2003 ----¤¤¤¤---- JOHN J. MILLER JR. SPRUCE PINE - John J. Miller Jr., 69, of the Swiss Pine Lake community, died Wednesday, Jan. 22. 2003 at his home. He was the son of the late John Miller Sr. and Julia Ray Miller-Gardin, and was a member of St. James United Methodist Church. He retired from the U.S. Army as a staff sergeant with 22 years of service. Survivors include his wife, Janice Jackson Miller; a daughter, Gwen Conley of Marion; sons, Anthony Miller of Marion, and John Miller III of Asheville; eight grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Grindstaff Memorial Chapel of Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. Revs. Cathy Henson, Dewitt Miller and Michael Smith officiated. Burial was in McDowell Memorial Park. The family received friends from 1 p.m, until the service hour at the funeral home Saturday. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Mitchell County, P.O. Box 38, Spruce Pine, NC 28 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mitchell News Journal www.mitchellnews.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------