Edward Leroy Miller

MR. EDWARD LEROY MILLER, AGE 78, OF HARRIMAN, PASSED AWAY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2003 AT THE UT MEDICAL CENTER IN KNOXVILLE AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. BORN IN BABCOCK, GEORGIA, HE ALWAYS HAD A BIG SMILE AND HUG FOR EVERYONE AND NEVER MET A STRANGER. LEROY WAS RETIRED FROM THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY OFFICE IN HARRIMAN. HE SERVED IN THE FIFTH MARINE DIVISION 11TH AMPHIBIAN TRACTOR BATTALION DURING WORLD WAR II, OBSERVING THE RAISING OF THE FLAG AT IWO JIMA. HE CONTINUED HIS MILITARY SERVICE IN THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RETIRED AS AN OFFICER FROM THE COAST GUARD. HE REALLY ENJOYED HIS ANNUAL REUNIONS WITH HIS MARINE BUDDIES AND TRAVELING TO VARIOUS MILITARY EVENTS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WEST HILLS COUNTRY CLUB WHERE HE ENJOYED AFTERNOON GOLF WITH RETIRED FRIENDS. HE WAS A MEMBER AND SERVED AS A DEACON OF SOUTH HARRIMAN BAPTIST CHURCH. MOST OF ALL, HE ENJOYED THE MUSIC AND JOINED IN FELLOWSHIP WITH THE “YOUNG AT HEART.” DURING HIS RETIREMENT, HE ENJOYED TRAVELING THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA SIGHTSEEING AND VISITING RELATIVES. HE LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND SHARING A MEAL. LEROY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, ELIJAH ANDREW JACKSON MILLER AND KATE WILLIAMS MILLER. ALSO SEVEN SISTERS AND THREE BROTHERS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS LOVING WIFE OF 57 YEARS, DOROTHY LOVETT MILLER; TWO SISTERS, JEWELL MILLS, 94, OF LAKELAND, FLORIDA AND CARRIE MCHAFFEY, 88, OF HAINES CITY, FLORIDA. TWO SONS AND DAUGHTER IN LAW, RONALD LEROY MILLER AND WIFE ANGELA OF CORRINGTON; KENNETH EDWARD MILLER OF HARRIMAN. THREE DAUGHTERS AND SONS IN LAW: PATRICIA MILLER LOVE AND HUSBAND DON OF KNOXVILLE; DEBORAH MILLER HOPPENJANS AND HUSBAND BILL OF VILLA HILLS, KENTUCKY; AND JANICE MILLER STEWARD AND HUSBAND LEON OF POWELL. 5 GRANDCHILDREN: NICHOLAS AND LAURA HOPPENJANS, ALISON AND JAMIE STEWARD, AND SARAH MILLER. A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED SUNDAY AT 2:30 FROM THE KYKER FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL IN HARRIMAN WITH REV. RANDY MAXWELL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE ROANE MEMORIAL GARDENS WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS SUNDAY FROM 1:30 TO 2:30 PM AT THE KYKER FUNERAL HOME IN HARRIMAN.

Edward Leroy Miller

November 6, 2003