Mary Stancil (Robinson) Miller

MRS. MARY STANCIL ROBINSON MILLER, 66 OF MOUNT GILEAD, NC , passed away Friday, April 24, 2015, in the Bethany Woods Nursing and Rehab Facility in Albemarle, North Carolina.  Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 1, 2015, at McAuley Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, 2829 NC Hwy 109 S. Mount  Gilead, NC 27306, with the Reverend Dr. Eric L. Leake, Eulogist.  Interment will be in the McAuley Memorial Gardens in Mount Gilead, NC.  Family Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. A public viewing will be held 12 noon to 7pm Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Harris Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Mount Gilead, NC.

On  Friday, April 24, 2015,  God call home our beloved mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to many,  Mary Stancil Robinson Miller, from labour to reward.

Mary was the sixth child born on June 13, 1948 in Montgomery County, North Carolina, to the late Paul Sr., and Mildred Dumas Robinson.

She  was a former member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and later became a member of McAuley Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, where she was a member of the Kitchen Committee and the Missionary Society.  Mary received her education from the public schools of Montgomery County, where she later became a school bus driver.  She attended McAuley Memorial faithfully until her health began to decline.

She was united in holy matrimony to Walter Lee "Bay Boy" Miller for 40 years, and to this union 5 children were born.  Walter, and her brothers, Melvin, Winfred, Johnny, Paul, Jr., Parnell and Herman Robinson, all preceded her in death.

Those left to cherish loving and fond memories are her children; three sons; Darrell ( Tarita) Miller, Vincent Maurice (Tamiko) Miller and Milton Miller; two daughters, Latasha (Chris) Oliver and Nikea (Derian) Ballard; three brothers; Harold (Joyce) Robinson, Jimmy (Linda) Robinson and George Herbert (Carol) Robinson; four sisters; Jeanette (Thomas) Jacobs, Nellie (Charles) Traylor, Sally Robinson and Ellen Robinson; five grandchildren; Darrell Miller, Jr., Milton E. Miller, Shurlanduis "Tyrik" Crump, Jaiden Miller and Chase Ballard; one great-grandchild, Amon Miller;  mother-in-law, Hattie Lee Miller, sister-in-law, Nell Miller; two uncles, Asia ( Shirley) Dumas and Frank Dumas; one aunt, Alberta McAuley; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and dear friends.  Special thank you to sisters, Dianne Harris, Marcella McDonald and and Sarah Leake and Lessie Jackson.