Kenneth Poe Funeral Services

September 27, 2017

Charlotte - Nancy Hinner Heller, 87, died peacefully, surrounded by her daughters, on September 27, 2017 at Waltonwood on Providence in Charlotte, NC. Nancy was recently from Eastham, MA and was formerly of Rockwell, NC. She was born November 5, 1929 in Hopewell, VA, daughter of the late Elmer F. Hinner and Mae Thelma Yost Hinner. Nancy was preceded in death by her husbands, J. Statler Miller and Frederick C. Heller and a grandson, Nathan Sawyer Kepley and a great-granddaughter, Whiskey Blue Reynolds.

Mrs. Heller, is survived by her daughters, Mikell Miller Reynolds and her husband, Jim of Salisbury, NC, Allison Miller Dunaway and her husband, Steve of Nashville, TN, Ronnie Miller Norman and her husband, Tim of Charlotte, and Cindy Miller Kepley and her husband, Dean of Rockwell, NC; grandchildren, Marc, Chase, James and Yorke Reynolds; Luke, Chad and Clay Smith and Janci Miller; Jenifer St. Clair and her husband, Duncan, and Christopher Sennett; Adam and his wife, Diana, Hunter and his wife Carolina, Griffin and his wife, Hannah, and Emma Kepley; great grandchildren, Statler, Lillian, and Briar Kepley, George Orion Rainee, Adelyn and Liam St. Clair; sisters, Susan Hinner Avesian and her husband, Sidney and Ginny Hinner Hook and her husband, Ken.

Nancy was remembered recently by her sister, Ginny, in her early years as “the head cheerleader, mayflower queen, valedictorian, dated the quarterback, field hockey star, and after all that she had a beautiful figure and the best hair in the world. And then became the talented mother who cooked healthy food for her family, taught her girls to sew, loved her church and so many other things.”

Nancy was a Cornell graduate in Home Economics and worked for DuPont in the early 1950s. She was recently a member of the Eastham Historical Society, Church of the Holy Spirit in Orleans, MA, and a Girl Scout Leader.

As remembered by her sister, Susan, “she loved life and was unselfish to a fault.”   She gave of herself to the Eastham Library, loved Cape Cod, swimming in the ocean, gardening and the outdoors. She shared her love of Cape Cod and all it had to offer with each of her grandchildren and great grandchildren over the many years.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Eastham Public Library, 190 Samoset Road, Eastham, MA 02642 or the Eastham Historical Society, PO Box 8, Eastham, MA 02642.

Services will be private at a later date.

Arrangements are in the care of Kenneth Poe Funeral & Cremation Service, 1321 Berkeley Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204; (704) 641-7606. Online condolences can be shared at www.kennethpoeservices.com.