Jain Marie Miller of Carrier Mills
Jain Marie Miller, 28, born on Dec. 26, 1993 in Herrin, Illinois to Sean Miller and Mary (Wilkins) Miller, gained her wings on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022 at her residence in Carrier Mills, Illinois.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022 at Felty Funeral Home in Carrier Mills, officiated by the Revs. Mike Smith and Ownly Williams. Visitation will start at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery.
Jain was a graduate of Carrier Mills High School and was known to be an extremely hard worker. Jain had many interests and recently discovered the job she had the most passion for and found most fulfilling was being a caregiver.
To know Jain was to love Jain. She had a contagious smile, a loving heart and lived life with a free spirit. She enjoyed spending quality time with her daughters, hosting epic birthday parties, and making memories with family and friends while celebrating holidays and other special occasions.
Jain is survived by her two daughters, Kamariah Lynn Thetford (age 7) and Mia Jordan Johnson (age 3) of Carrier Mills; her mother, Mary (Wilkins) Miller of Carrier Mills; her father, Sean Miller of Carbondale, Illinois; her sisters, Jana Mitchell of Carrier Mills, Jillian Miller of Harrisburg, Illinois, Ashton Whitley of Evansville, Indiana, Jaida Cissna of Harrisburg and Brittany Hampton of Murphysboro, Illinois; her brothers, Jordan Miller of Carrier Mills, Christopher Miller and Sean Miller Jr. of Carbondale, and Paul Marshall of Carrier Mills; her grandmother, Lenora Brown of Carrier Mills; grandfather, Freeman Wilkins of Mounds, Illinois; uncles, Don Wilkins, Irwin Wilkins, Henry Wilkins, Wiley Wilkins and William Harrison of Carrier Mills; aunts, April (Al) Scales of Harrisburg and Traci (Chris) Hampton of Murphysboro; and several cousins, nieces and nephews.
Jain was preceded in death by her brother, Jerome Mitchell; a sister, Jade Winston; grandfather, Robert Miller; uncle, Andrew Wilkins II; aunt, Deborah (Don) Wilkins; and first cousins, Ryan Cowper, Amanda (Wilkins) Peacock, Alaysia Peacock and Malaysia Peacock.