Annette (Miller) DuBois

ANNETTE MILLER WAS BORN DECEMBER 31, 1954, IN SEATTLE, WA TO CLARENCE LEON MILLER, SR AND ROSA VERONICA MILLER. SHE WAS THE 6 OF TEN CHILDREN. IN 1955 DUE TO A LACK OF WORK AS A CARPENTER, CLARENCE DECIDED TO RELOCATE HIS FAMILY TO COMPTON CALIFORNIA. 5 YEARS LATER THE FAMILY MOVED TO LOS ANGELES WHERE ANN ATTENDED ANN STREET ELEMENTARY, NIGHTINGALE JR. HIGH, THEN ON TO LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL WHILE LIVING AT WILLIAM MEAD HOME..

IN 1965, AT AGE OF 12 ANNETTE MET HER CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART AND BEST FRIEND FOR LIFE, WAYNE DUBOIS, SR. THEY MARRIED IN 1971, THEY PROUDLY BROUGHT INTO THIS WORLD AND RAISED 4 MEN.

IN 1981 ANNETTE AND WAYNE ESCAPED THE VIOLENCE AND CRIME OF LOS ANGELES AND MOVED BACK TO SEATTLE WHERE SHE WAS BORN, TO RAISE THEIR 4 YOUNG SONS.

ANNETTE WORKED AS A CAREGIVER FOR ST. VINCENT DEPAUL IN SEATTLE FOR MANY YEARS, SHE THEN PROUDLY WORKED AT THE HARBORVIEW SANITATION DEPARTMENT, THEN LATER IN LIFE STEPPED UP AS A DAYCARE PROVIDER FOR HER LARGE FAMILY OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND GRANDCHILDREN. 

ANNETTE WAS A FIRECRACKER WHO WAS CHARMING WITH A QUICK-WITTED SENSE OF HUMOR; SHE LOVED MUSIC, DANCING AND THE CASINO. SHE WAS A LOVING MOTHER WHO CHERISHED HER SONS AND GRANDCHILDREN DEEPLY. FAMILY WAS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO HER AND SHE RAISED HER SONS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT FAMILY IS THE BEDROCK OF WHO THEY ARE.

ANNETTE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER, ROSA MILLER; FATHER, CLARENCE MILLER, SR; HER EX-HUSBAND, WAYNE DUBOIS, SR; AND SISTERS, VERONICA MILLER, SHIRLEY MILLER, MICHELLE (MICKEY), BROTHERS, CHRIS, CLARENCE, RENEE.

ANNETTE LEAVES BEHIND, TO CHERISH HER MEMORY, FOUR SONS: WAYNE DUBOIS II (SADIAA), RICHARD DUBOIS (TARA), DA’WAN DUBOIS (LA TANYA), PIERCE DUBOIS. 3 SISTERS: ROSA EVANS, DEBRA HALL, ROBIN MILLER. 11 GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 GREAT GRAND-CHILDREN AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

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