Sumter:
Mrs. Jessie Lee Miller, 104, widow of Steward Daniel Miller, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at NHC Healthcare of Sumter.
Mrs. Miller was born on January 11, 1907 in Murrells Inlet, a daughter of the late Willis Sims Lee and Florence Berta Patrick Lee. She moved to Georgetown as a young girl, was educated in the schools there, and received a Secretarial degree from Rice Business College. Mrs. Miller was a founder and charter member of Georgetown's Screven Baptist Church, which was organized in her home in October of 1949. She worked for the SC Baptist Training Union Department for 50 years, was on the Executive Board of the WMU of the SC Baptist Convention, and taught Sunday school in various churches for over 50 years. Mrs. Miller was active in many Garden Clubs in Georgetown, Hartsville and Sumter.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Miller was the oldest member of Alice Drive Baptist Church in Sumter and a resident of NHC Healthcare in Sumter. She was a devoted wife, mother and community leader and will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her. The family would like to thank the CNA's, nurses and the staff of NHC Healthcare for their love, support and wonderful care over the last ten years.
Surviving are: two daughters, Mary Anne Matthews (Bobby) of Sumter and Margaret Lanier (Lee) of Hartsville; a daughter-in-law, Daisy Miller of Charlotte, NC; nine grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Miller was predeceased by a son, S. Dan Miller.
Graveside services will be at eleven o'clock on Friday morning, February 18, 2011, at Elmwood Cemetery in Georgetown.
The family will receive friends from four until six o'clock on Thursday afternoon, February 17, 2011, at Alice Drive Baptist Church in Sumter, as well as immediately following the graveside service in Georgetown.
Sign a guestbook at: www.mayerfuneralhome.com.
Memorials may be made to: Screven Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall Fund, 2221 S. Island Rd., Georgetown, SC 29440.
The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Funeral Home:
Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home
222 Saint James Street
Georgetown, SC
US 29440