Susie Mae Gilliam Miller

August 08, 1930 - May 30, 2023

VERY EARLY, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 2023, SUSIE MILLER DID IT HER WAY AND WENT

HOME TO BE WITH LORD.

SUSIE MAE GILLIAM MILLER WAS BORN AUGUST 8, 1930, TO THE LATE ROBERT HENRY AND

MARY GILLIAM. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VA AND AS A

YOUNG GIRL MOVED TO CARTERSVILLE, VA.

SHE WAS THE FIRST TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN HER FAMILY, WHERE FOR 2

YEARS SHE STAYED AWAY FROM HOME IN HER DETERMINATION TO COMPLETE HER HIGH

SCHOOL EDUCATION. SHE WAS A MASTERFUL STORYTELLER AND WOULD KEEP EVERYONE

ENTHRALLED FOR HOURS ON END TELLING STORIES AND IMPARTING WISDOM.

SHE WAS MARRIED TO THE LATE ROBERT ARTHUR MILLER AND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH

THEY HAD CELEBRATED 68 YEARS. SHE WAS BLESSED TO TRAVEL WITH HIM FOR 25 YEARS

WHILE HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY SHE WAS

IN THE MILITARY TOO BECAUSE WHERE HE WENT SHE WAS BY HIS SIDE.

SUSIE ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE NEW HOPE

BAPTIST CHURCH IN CARTERSVILLE FOR OVER 55 YEARS. SHE WAS A MISSIONARY, SERVED

ON THE SENIOR CHOIR AND THE MOTHER'S BOARD. HER FAITH WAS THE FOUNDATIONOF WHO SHE WAS. SHE WAS ADAMANT ABOUT MAKING SURE ALL HER FAMILY KNEW THELORD AND LIVED A HOLY LIFE. SHE WOULD END EVERY CONVERSATION WITH “YOU JUSTHAVE TO KEEP ON PRAYING AND KEEP ON PULLING". SHE WILL BE TRULY MISSED BYEVERYONE WHO KNEW HER. SHE WAS EVERYONE'S GRANDMA SUSIE.

SUSIE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, HER PARENTS, TWO SISters - CarrIE BROWN AND FANNIE JACKSON: TWO BROTHERS JOHN AND HENRY; A SON-IN-LAW - JAMES ROBINSON; TWO GRANDSONS NATHANIEL STATON AND JOSHUA SMITH. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY FOUR DAUGHTERS - DIANE ROBINSON, SALONGE CRENSHAW (LYLTON), PAMELA STATON (NATHANIEL), CARLA BARKSDALE (FRANK), NINE GRANDCHILDREN LALITA, (MACK), JAMES JR., EDDIE (TOMEISHA), MICHAEL, ANDY (NORMA), SHERMIA (SYLVESTER), MONDRELL (ASHLEY) JOHN, AND BRIAN (ALEXIS). SIXTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ONE SISTER-ANNIE COLEMAN, TWO BROTHERS—

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ROBERT AND WILEY GILLIAM (CLARA); AND A HOST OF DEVOTED NIECES, NEPHEWS,COUSINS, AND FRIENDS.

SHE ALSO LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY ARE HER TWO DEVOTED CAREGIVERS - ERNESTINE COLEMAN AND ANNETTE SMITH