Frances Pace Miller passed away at Pine Pointe Hospice on May 20 2022 after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 11:00 am at Snow’s Memorial Chapel on Cherry Street, Macon, Georgia with Dr. Jimmy R. Asbell, Jr. officiating. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Burial will be private at Rose Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the donor’s favorite charity.
Daughter of the late Jefferson Floyd Pace and Myrtle Stroud Pace, Frances was born in Macon, Georgia. She graduated from A. L. Miller High School and attended Crandall Business College. She joined the staff of Cherokee National Life Insurance Company in 1966 as Agency Secretary and rose to the position of Vice President of Human Resources, where she retired in 2000.
Frances was very active in the Cherry Blossom Festival where she initiated the VIP Luncheon, a very popular event for guests from festivals across the nation as well as local dignitaries. She traveled across the nation and to several foreign countries representing the Cherry Blossom Festival at special events.
Frances served as a board member of the John Milledge Academy in Milledgeville, Georgia. In 1980, she was elected to Chairman of that board. She was dedicated to that school’s academics and an avid fan and supporter of that school’s sports programs.
She was a member of Vineville United Methodist Church.
She enjoyed going to The University of Georgia’s football games, having dinner at the club with her Tuesday night supper group, and especially sitting on the back deck of her King & Prince villa at St. Simons Island, Georgia watching the ocean roll in and out.
She dearly loved her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Frances is survived by her beloved husband of 35 years, Donald Kay Miller of Macon; her daughters, Leigh Brandenburg (Don) of Augusta, Georgia, Judy Vizzini (John) of Melbourne, Florida; and son, Jeff Briggs (Lisa) of Birmingham, Alabama; step children, Donna Kay McGoldrick (Phil) of Macon, Georgia, Dee Ann Geeslin of Savannah, Georgia and Jimmy Miller (Sissy) of Nashville, Tennessee; seven grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; eight step grandchildren and six step great grandchildren; and her former husband, Clifford R. (Tony) Briggs (Marjorie) of Lake Sinclair, Georgia.
The family would like to thank the staff of Pine Pointe Hospice for their loving care and comfort given to Frances.
Please visit snowsmacon.com to express your condolences and share memories. Snow’s Memorial Chapel on Cherry Street has charge of the arrangements.
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