Joyce J. Buck Miller

Joyce J. Buck Miller, of Roanoke, Va., passed away early Tuesday morning, May 25, 2010, at Friendship Manor of natural causes at age 79. She had been fighting Type II diabetes for several years. She was born in Roanoke, Va. on April 28, 1931, to Gertrude and Hilery Jennings. She graduated from Andrew Lewis High School and married Melvin Boyd Buck in 1952. After their divorce, Joyce pursued a career in the aviation industry and became a stewardess flying international routes on National Airlines. In 1961, she married Frank Mathew Miller, a barber in Miami, Florida and they later retired to Swainsboro, Georgia. After their divorce, Joyce worked as the Secretary for the Department of Management at Georgia Southern. In 1987, Joyce moved back to Roanoke, Va. to be near her mother and brother. Joyce is survived by her son, Michael Jennings Miller and wife, Shannon and grandsons, Allan Jennings and Henry, of Davidson, N.C.; as well as her brother, Charles Hilery Jennings, of Roanoke. Joyce will be buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Garden's cemetery next to her daughter Karen Lynne who died in infancy. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Oakey's North Chapel. There will be a graveside service at 12 noon, Saturday, June 5, 2010.