Betty Jo Huckstep Miller

Betty Jo Huckstep Miller was called to her eternal home on Jan. 29, 2012.

During a long period of illness, Betty resided at Edgemont Center, Wytheville.

Born on Nov. 1, 1947 in Pulaski, she was the youngest of 12 children born to the late Vonia Lee and Betty Johnson Huckstep.

The early years of Betty’s life were spent in Ohio and West Virginia. By the 1960s Betty moved to Pulaski. In Pulaski, Betty received care in the home of several foster parents: Mrs. Della Bailey, Mr. Henry (Ethel) Conner, Mr. Maceo (Unetta) Patterson, and Mr. Monroe (Hazel) Webb.

In 1967, Carl Wayne Miller and Betty Jo Huckstep married. They later became the parents of four children: Crystal, Tony and twins, Genean and Dean.

Betty was a faithful member of Randolph Avenue UMC where she sang in the choir, Marva and The Gospel Experience.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Carl Wayne Miller; two brothers, Androkes Huckstep and Johnny Huckstep, and three sisters, Gladys H. Powell, Bertha H. McNair, Mary H. Corney, and Elizabeth Huckstep.

Betty leaves to cherish her memory four children, Crystal Marie Miller, of Christiansburg; Tony Martin Miller, of Radford; Allison Genean Miller, of Christiansburg, and Carl Dean Miller, of Radford; one sister, Lillian H. Martin (Herman), of Shelby, N.C.; one brother, Wilbur Huckstep (Margaret), of Forestville, Md.; two sisters-in-law, Helen M. (Maurice) McArthur, of Radcliff, Ky.; Shelva M. Houston, of Rural Retreat; one brother-in-law, Alvin Miller, of Winston-Salem, N.C.; 14 grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at Randolph Avenue United Methodist Church with the Rev. Sharon Bowers, pastor.

Visitation will begin at noon until the time of service at 1 p.m. Elder Douglas Patterson will deliver the Eulogy.

Interment will follow at Highland Memory Gardens, Dublin.

Arrangements by Penn’s Funeral Home, Pulaski.