A life well-lived

Norma Martin Cashion (July 6, 1917-June 17, 2009), an elegant, wise, kind, true lady, died Wednesday morning in Spartanburg, S.C. She was the beloved elder sister of Dad/Uncle Bill and admired Miller-side aunt of cousins Pam, Chris and Cathy Miller. You can read more about her, and other Miller relatives, at Pam's Miller family blog. Rest in peace, Aunt Norma!

Norma Martin Cashion, 91, passed away peacefully June 17, 2009, at White Oak Estates in Spartanburg, S.C.. Born in Winston-Salem, N.C., on July 6, 1917, she was the daughter of Charles Norman Martin [who died in 1918 in the great influenza epidemic] and Mamie Luella Jackson [who remarried in 1923, to Clyde Clifton Miller]. Mrs. Cashion was married to the late John Thomas Cashion, a local radio personality. She was a devoted member of Second Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg and worked as a medical secretary for Piedmont Internal Medicine. She is survived by her son-in-law, Dr. Albert L. Jeter, and his wife, Anne Chapman Jeter of Spartanburg; three granddaughters, Emily Cashion Jeter of Auburn, Ala., Elizabeth Bradley Jeter of Charlotte, N.C., and Amanda Frances Jeter of Spartanburg; one sister, Marilyn Miller of Winston-Salem; one brother, Charles Martin of Winston-Salem; a first cousin, Nina Hutchins of Columbus, Ga., and nieces and nephews David Edwards and wife Addy Anne Edwards of Winston-Salem, Dee Ann Edwards of Raleigh, N.C., Lindsay and Julia Cashion of Nashville, Tenn., Chris Miller and wife Mary Miller of Centerville, Minn., Pam Miller of Robbinsdale, Minn., and the Rev. Dr. Cathy Miller Northrup and husband Michael Northrup of Andover, Kan.. Mrs. Cashion was predeceased by her daughter, Terri Cashion Jeter, and twin siblings William "Brother" Miller and Arline "Cissie" Miller Edwards. Graveside services will be held at Forsyth Memorial Park in Winston-Salem at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 21, 2009. A memorial service is also planned at 2 p.m. the following Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Second Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg.