Jaunita Mayse Miller, age 90

Jaunita Mayse Miller, age 90 of Forest City, died Wednesday, February 28, 2024.

Juanita was born August 14, 1933, in Spindale, NC and was a daughter of the late James Laxton Mayse and Mary Lucinda Towery Mayse.

She was a graduate of Rutherfordton-Spindale High School and Limestone College. In 1958 she married Joseph Henry Miller, Jr. and they remained married until his death in 2013.

Juanita began her career at Northwestern Bank in Forest City as a teller and continued to work when the bank became a part of First Union and later Wachovia until her retirement. Juanita was a member of the First Baptist Church of Forest City.

In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Dorothy Williamson, and Martha Barnett.

Survivors include her son, Henry Miller of Forest City, her daughter, Melissa Miller Heeg of Lake Wylie, SC, her sister-in-law, Anna Miller Hancock of Indian Trail, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and nine step-great-grandchildren.

The funeral was held March 2 at First Baptist Church of Forest City, officiated by Rev. Dr. Garin Hill.

Memorials in her memory may be made to Bus Fund at First Baptist Church, 211 West Main St., Forest City, NC 28043, or ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. (stjudes.org)

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Padgett~King Mortuary and Crematory is serving the family.