Pastor Jean Carolyn Miles

Pastor Jean Miles was born Jean Carolyn Butler on March 30, 1938 to George and Bennie Butler in Greenville, MS. Her mother moved to Chicago when Pastor Miles was a girl. Pastor Miles was raised by her grandmother, Dollie Robinson. Pastor Miles received her early education from Sacred Catholic School in Greenville, MS until the death of her grandmother in 1947. Pastor Miles then moved to Chicago to live with her mother. Upon arriving to Chicago, she entered the Chicago Public School system. The teachers were so amazed with the knowledge that she possessed that Pastor Miles was told that she had no business being in the grade that she was in and was put back a year. This event caused Pastor Miles be dishearten. She left school before graduating from high school. She met and married Larry Canty at the age of sixteen. Soon after their marriage, Pastor Miles became an executive for Spiegel. Her marriage to Mr. Canty was not a happy union; however, she was introduced to the Church of the Living God CWFF through...