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Lucy <I>Miller</I> Wheeler

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Lucy Miller Wheeler

Birth
Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
Death
13 Jun 2013 (aged 94)
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
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Lucy Miller Wheeler, 94, of the Higgins community, went to her Heavenly Home on June 13, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Reverend Quince Miller and Birdie Woodby Miller. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Tom, who died in 1986, a son, James, who died in 2003; 2 granddaughters, Tammy and Amy Wheeler; 2 sisters, Sudia Williams and Ollie Mosley; and 3 brothers, Arson, Cal and George Miller.

She is survived by her daughters and caregiver, Elizabeth Allen and husband, Edd, of Fletcher, and Grace Hensley and husband, Dennia, of Burnsville; daughter-in-law, Gayle Wheeler of Kernersville; sisters, Hattie Bradford of Burnsville, Ann Barrett and Harley Miller of Greenville, TN; brother, I.J. Miller of Midway, TN; 9 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and a very special and dear friend, Debbie Cannon.

Lucy was well known for her beautiful quilts and ability to grow roses. She was a member of Bald Mountain Freewill Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 PM Sunday, June 16, 2013 in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. Reverend Burl Ledford will officiate. Burial will be at Higgins Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 1 until 2:30 PM prior to the service at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at Mrs. Wheeler's home on Highway 19W in Burnsville.

The family would like to thank the staff at Fletcher View Inn for the care she received while she was there.

Memorials may be made to Four Seasons Hospice, 571 South Allen Road, Flat Rock, NC 28731.

Lucy Miller Wheeler, 94, of the Higgins community, went to her Heavenly Home on June 13, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Reverend Quince Miller and Birdie Woodby Miller. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Tom, who died in 1986, a son, James, who died in 2003; 2 granddaughters, Tammy and Amy Wheeler; 2 sisters, Sudia Williams and Ollie Mosley; and 3 brothers, Arson, Cal and George Miller.

She is survived by her daughters and caregiver, Elizabeth Allen and husband, Edd, of Fletcher, and Grace Hensley and husband, Dennia, of Burnsville; daughter-in-law, Gayle Wheeler of Kernersville; sisters, Hattie Bradford of Burnsville, Ann Barrett and Harley Miller of Greenville, TN; brother, I.J. Miller of Midway, TN; 9 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and a very special and dear friend, Debbie Cannon.

Lucy was well known for her beautiful quilts and ability to grow roses. She was a member of Bald Mountain Freewill Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 PM Sunday, June 16, 2013 in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. Reverend Burl Ledford will officiate. Burial will be at Higgins Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 1 until 2:30 PM prior to the service at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at Mrs. Wheeler's home on Highway 19W in Burnsville.

The family would like to thank the staff at Fletcher View Inn for the care she received while she was there.

Memorials may be made to Four Seasons Hospice, 571 South Allen Road, Flat Rock, NC 28731.



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  • Created by: D. D. Edwards
  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112243805/lucy-wheeler: accessed ), memorial page for Lucy Miller Wheeler (Nov 1918–13 Jun 2013), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112243805, citing Higgins Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by D. D. Edwards (contributor 47695209).