Mrs. Pamela Marquinta Miller

MILLER, Mrs. Pamela Marquinta - Age 64, passed away Thursday, July 31, 2025 at Hurley Medical Center. Family Hour 1:00 PM Friday, August 8, 2025, at Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church, 3502 Lapeer Road, Flint, Michigan with funeral service commencing at 1:30 PM, Pastor Latrell Holmes officiant, Pastor George Wilkerson, Eulogist. Dr. Rabon Turner, Host Pastor. Interment Sunset Hills Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Road. Family and friends will assemble at the Church 1:00 PM Friday. Mrs. Miller will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd, and may be viewed Thursday, from 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM, with family present to receive friends from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Pamela Miller was born on November 29, 1960, in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Lee Collins and late Marion Collins. Pamela was raised in Flint, Michigan. She attended Flint Public Schools and a Flint Northern High School graduate class of 1978. Pamela was a resident of Flint, Michigan since 1961. She owned and operated Pam;s Pear Tree Daycare center from 1993 until 2001 servicing the Southside of Flint. She was employed with Mott Children’s Health Center, Flint Community Schools, Hurley Medical Center, and Carman Ainsworth Community Schools. She was the senior advisor for the Flint Southwestern Academy class of 2019. She attended Shaw College, Mott Community College, and Rochester College where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree. Pamela accepted Christ at an early age, she was a member of Foss Avenue Baptist Church from 1961 until 1981. She moved from the Northside of Flint to the Southside of Flint. Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church was in the back of her home; Pamela talked her mother Marion into going for a visit and she joined Grace Emmanual around 1981. She was a part of the hospitality committee; the late Norman Graham was a great spiritual mentor to Pamela. Pamela was a very caring and passionate person; she loved her children enormously. She was down to earth, outgoing, and a great cook. She enjoyed watching movies with her daughter Ashley, dining out, gathering with family, and taking casino trips. She also enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren as well. Pamela was a natural born leader; she was never afraid to pitch in to be a service to mankind. Pamela Miller leaves to cherish her memory: husband, James Miller; daughters, Ashley Miller, and Anita (Greg) Terry; sons Corey Miller, Terell Nelson, and Javion Miller, all of Flint, MI; god-mother, Mae Chapman of Flint; god-daughter, LeAnna Haywood Anderson of Seattle, WA; brothers, Carlos Collins of Flint and Gary Morse; sister, Wallette Morse-Williams, both of Grand Blanc, MI; god-sisters, Hattie Donald, Bobbie Rogers, Dorothy Chapman, Helen Chapman, Deborah (Fred) Marshall, Bertha Williams, and Margaret Campbell; god-brothers, Michael Coleman, and Lamont Chapman; grandchildren, Joseph (Ashley) Nelson, Anthony Thornton, Makayla Foster, Amariya Foster, all of Flint, MI, Corey Miller, and Mari Miller, both of Grand Prairie, TX; 9 great-grandchildren; aunts, Audrey Banks, Brenda Gordon, both of Flint, and Brenda Collins of Akron, OH; uncle, Denard (Mary) Collins of Grand Blanc, MI; a host of nieces, nephews and cousins including special cousins, Dora (Lester) Robinson, Jacquline Gass, and Jerome Wilson; sisters-in-law, Denola Miller, Shantel (Leslie) McWilliams, Sherri Miller, Dematrice Miller, Holly Shumpert, all of Flint, MI; and Debbie Miller of San Jose, CA; brother-in-law, Troy Muhammad of Redford, MI; a host of other special relatives and friends including, Shari Haywood, Teresa Carter, Angie Jones, Debroah Smith, Debra Reed, Lori Kouza, Sharia Legette, Collins, Wilson, Miller, Haywood, Carter, and Chapman families. Pamela was preceded in death by her parents, Lee Edward Collins and Marion Collins; grandparents, Robert and Louise Wilson, Brooks Sr, and Frances Collins; aunts, Clementine Johnson, Robert McCoy, Norman Wilson, Marvin Wilson, Annie Bill Cole, Patti Congo, Everlyn Alsup, and Sarah Smartt, Daisy Davis, Dorothy Willis, and Rosa B Johnson; uncles, Brooks Collins Jr., Wallace Morse, James Peoples, Leroy Peoples, and Leroy Smartt; special Cousins, Darlene Congo and Sharon Ridley; god-brother, John Chapman. The family would like to express special thanks to Pastor Dr. Rabon L. Turner and her Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church family, Karmanos Cancer Institute, McLaren-Flint, Hurley Medical Center, and Carman Ainsworth Community School District.

Mrs. Pamela Marquinta Miller

November 29, 1960 - July 31, 2025