Charles “Chuck” Everest Miner departed this world to be in heaven with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on April 19th at 6:15 pm, at the age of 80, with his family by his side. Deeply comforted by his faith, Chuck was grateful for the life he was blessed with on earth and the peace he found in the promise of eternal life to come.
Chuck was born in Elgin, Illinois, a neighboring community of Chicago, on July 23, 1942. Throughout his life, Chuck reminisced fondly of his happy, fun-loving childhood in Elgin with his parents, sisters, aunts, and uncles. Known for their practical jokes and light-hearted antics, Chuck credited his childhood as a source of inspiration for enjoying life with a positive outlook and spending life-embracing time with family and friends.
Chuck moved to Brookhaven, Mississippi, at the age of fifteen, where he attended Brookhaven High School and excelled in basketball. He considered his years playing basketball in Brookhaven to be a source of immeasurable joy, and he sustained close, long-standing friendships with classmates, fellow players, coaches, and local fans from the community. After high school, Chuck attended Mississippi State University, which he supported throughout his life with unyielding loyalty.
Chuck moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968, where he met the love of his life, Patricia “Pat” Ann Bray. “Chuck and Pat,” as they were affectionately known to their friends, enjoyed 55 years of love and commitment to one another, eventually settling in Jackson, Mississippi, where they lived and raised their family together. With Pat accompanying them on the piano, Chuck loved to sing and harmonize hymns and Southern Gospel songs with Pat, a treasured expression of their Christian faith and love for each other throughout their lives. Chuck and Pat lived out their faith together as members of Riverwood Bible Church.
After several years of working for Northwestern Mutual, a company he greatly admired, Chuck found his calling as a visionary in the health club industry in Jackson. Inspired by his own love for the sport of racquetball, Chuck founded the Courthouse Racquet Club in 1978, which he grew as owner/operator into an institution for exercise and fitness in the lives of thousands of Jacksonians over the next two decades. Following his time at the Courthouse, Chuck opened the Club on Lake Harbour in Ridgeland, followed by the Club at Crossgates in Brandon, where he enjoyed working and spending time with the Club at Crossgates members for another twenty years. Chuck took special joy in spending time with members and employees at the Courthouse and the Club, whom he considered to be true friends. He was forever grateful to everyone who shared their lives with him and his business.
Chuck was an indefatigable source of personal energy and activity, always on the go and full of ideas. He was a natural entrepreneur and visionary who graciously gave his time and energy to other organizations he believed in, most notably at Jackson Academy, where his influence as a board member contributed to the long-term growth and expansion of the school that meant so much to him.
Chuck greatly enjoyed time with his close friends at Float Road Hunting Club, as well as in Starkville, watching his beloved Mississippi State Bulldogs play basketball, baseball, and football. He loved and cherished his family and took great pleasure in spending time with his grandchildren, playing cards and board games with them, and watching them play a variety of sports over the years. Chuck often expressed his gratitude to his wife, Pat, for her constant loving care for him throughout their life together, especially during the 16 years he bravely lived with multiple myeloma.
Chuck was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Everest Miner and Helen Mars Miner of Brookhaven, Mississippi, and his sister Barbara Miner Strange of Greenwell Springs, Louisiana. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Patricia Ann Miner of Jackson, daughter Lee Ann Miner Elinski (Michael Bruce) of Ridgeland, son Christopher Charles Miner of Memphis, grandchildren Grace Ann Elinski, Michael Charles Elinski, Zachary Bray Elinski, Eli Stephen Elinski, Charles “Charlie” Sparks Miner, Pinkney Bray Miner. Also surviving him are his sister Marilyn Miner Brown of Daphne, Alabama, and several nieces and nephews.
Services for Chuck will be held at Riverwood Bible Church (5228 Old Canton Road, Jackson, Mississippi) at 12pm on Saturday, April 29th. Visitation will be held at the church from 9:30 am-12 pm. The service will be live-streamed at www.youtube.com/@riverwoodbiblechurch3922. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to FOA (Friends of Alcoholics) of Jackson, In His Steps Ministries of Canton, or Riverwood Bible Church of Jackson.
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