Mrs. Joan Miller Cotton

Mrs. Joan Miller Cotton obituary

Mrs. Joan Miller Cotton

Joan Cotton Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Little-Ward Funeral Home - Commerce on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Mrs. Joan Miller Cotton, age 88, of Commerce, GA died Saturday, November 15, 2025 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Cotton was born in Commerce to the late Robert James and Ella Barnett Miller. She was a member of Nicholson Pentecostal Holiness Church and a homemaker. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Cotton was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Pledger Cotton.

Mrs. Cotton is survived by her daughter, Tina Simpson of West Union, SC; sons, Rusty Cotton, Kenny Cotton and Steve Cotton all of Nicholson and Scott Cotton of Maysville; sister, Carol Rylee of Homer; 14 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 PM, Wednesday, November 19 at Nicholson Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Marty Smith and Rev. Larry Dyer officiating. Interment will follow in Grove Level Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from noon until 2 PM on Wednesday.

Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce is in charge of arrangements.

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