- Date Of Birth: October 3, 1932
- Date Of Death: January 21, 2010
- State: North Carolina
Oct. 3, 1932 – Jan. 21, 2010
Mary Frances Johnson Miller Sigmon passed away Jan. 21, 2010, from lung cancer. She was born Oct. 3, 1932, to Remer Franklin Johnson and Mary Alice Herman Johnson in Hickory, N.C. She was raised in Charlotte and graduated from Harding High School. Following her first marriage to Joseph E. (Gene) Miller Sr., she moved to Fayetteville where she spent more than 40 years.
After raising two sons as a wonderful stay-at-home mom, she received her undergraduate degree in business education from Fayetteville State University where she graduated summa cum laude and valedictorian of her class. She received her graduate degree in business education from East Carolina University where she also graduated with honors.
Frances was a business education teacher at both the high school and collegiate levels and retired from the Fayetteville/Cumberland County public school system. She was very active in her professional organizations. Before retirement, she was active in the North Carolina Association of Educators. After retirement, she served many years on the state executive board and in elected offices for the North Carolina Retired School Personnel, as well as on the executive board and in elected offices for the Fayetteville/Cumberland County and Charlotte/Mecklenburg Retired School Personnel.
Frances was an active member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville and St. John’s Lutheran Church in Statesville. She recently had become a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Troutman, which she adored.
Frances was preceded in death by her husband Charles B. Sigmon, who passed away Jan. 11, 2010. She is survived by her two sons, Joseph E. (Joe) Miller Jr. of Statesville and William H. (Bill) Miller and wife Nancy of Easley, S.C.; two grandsons, Will Miller and wife Morgan of Hickory and Matthew Miller of Charleston, S.C.; a stepdaughter, Elaine S. Nelson, and husband Kenneth of Albemarle; and a stepgranddaughter, Randall Christine Elmo, of Chapel Hill.
