William Wesley MILLER (VETERAN WWII)
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MILLER, Amon EMILLER, Arkie AgnessMILLER, Elizabeth AMILLER, Infant DaughterMILLER, John CalvinMILLER, John WesleyMILLER, John WesleyMILLER, Mary MitildaMILLER, Mary JaneMILLER, Milton ConradMILLER, RebeccaMILLER, Bertie FMILLER, SnowdeMILLER, Tennie VictoriaMILLER, William EdwardMILLER, Tommie CalvinMILLER, VinaMILLER, Verna MaeJOHNS MILLER, Verna MaeMILLER, William RileyMILLER (VETERAN WWII), William Wesley Additional MILLER Surnames in IZARD County
MILLER, AnnieMILLER, B ErlineMILLER, Betty AnneMILLER, BessMILLER, Beulah EvelynMILLER, Beulah NadineMILLER, Carol HarveyMILLER, Charles CMILLER, Darwin DaleMILLER, DavieMILLER, Delbert AbnerMILLER, Edwin KirkMILLER, EmmaMILLER, FloydMILLER, FrankMILLER, GenevaMILLER, Green HightowerMILLER, H AMILLER, HazelMILLER, Ila VirginiaMILLER, Infant DaughterMILLER, James CalvinMILLER, JamesMILLER, James E.MILLER, Janet KayMILLER, John L.MILLER, John W.MILLER, John Franklin "Frankie"MILLER, John F.MILLER, John EldonMILLER, Junius BMILLER, LoreneMILLER, M. CaldonaMILLER, Mary BeckieMILLER, MaryMILLER, Mary RushaMILLER, Mary LouMILLER, NaomiMILLER, Nobia VMILLER, Ola MableMILLER, Ona Loveta Finley SchulteMILLER, Oron RMILLER, OscarMILLER, OscarMILLER, Owen ThomasMILLER, Paul (Infant Son)MILLER, Phyllis EileenMILLER, Robert GMILLER, Ruby LenoraMILLER, Sarah JaneMILLER, Susie AnnMILLER, Thomas LeeMILLER, Virgie I.MILLER, Wade OrvillMILLER, Winnifred WMILLER, William RMILLER, Willie K.
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Submitted: 8/29/20 • Approved: 8/30/20 • Last Updated: 11/30/20 • R1336465-G85237-S3
US Navy
World War II
December 6, 1920 - August 26, 2015
William Wesley Miller husband of Verna Mae (Johns) Miller. William Wesley Miller son of Edward Miller and Tena Miller.
**Obituary
William Wesley Miller I am a Veteran.
December 6, 1920 - August 26, 2015
William Wesley Miller, 94, of Sage died Wednesday at this home.
He was born December 6, 1920 at Zion, Arkansas, the son of Edward and Tena Miller. He attended grade school at Zion and graduated from Melbourne High School in 1940 where he was active in FFA and became a state vice-president in 1939.
After high school, he graduated from American Technical School, receiving a degree in Business Administration. He then attended Arkansas Tech College in Russellville, Arkansas until World War II broke out and then worked for Warren McArthur Aircraft Corporation in Bantam, Connecticut as a supervisor in building aircraft seating until entering the U.S. Navy, where he served 7 years in the active and Naval Reserve. He married Verna Mae Johns in 1943, and they had two sons, Larry Miller and Douglas Miller. After World War II, he and his wife owned and operated a general merchandise store at Zion. He also taught agriculture in the veteran's on-farm training program at the Melbourne High School for 6 years and then he went to college at the University of Arkansas and received a master's degree in vocational education. He taught for a while in Ohio and did some post graduate work at Ohio State University.
In 1956, he started working for a feed and veterinary products company and became a district manager working in several states.
He and his wife, along with his father, owned and operated a beef cattle farm near Sage. After his father died, he and his son, Douglas, and grandson, Daniel, continued to raise beef cattle.
He had been a member of Melbourne Masonic Lodge #141 since 1945. He was a member of Fairview Missionary Baptist Church at Violet Hill, Arkansas.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Verna Mae Miller; his parents, Edward and Tena Miller; a son, Larry Miller; a brother, Amon Edward Miller, a sister, Lorene Richardson, and an infant sister.
He is survived by one son, William Douglas Miller and wife, Tammy Miller, of Sage; a daughter-in-law, Barbara Slivinski and her husband, Jerry Slivinski of New York; grandchildren: William Daniel Miller and wife, Brooke Miller; Holly Brooke Harris and husband, Lee Harris, William Wesley Miller II, Rebecca Jane Sterling and husband, Todd of New York and five great-grandchildren: Ty Miller and Emmitt Harris of Mount Pleasant, AR. Kyle, Tommy and Kiera Sterling of Berhards Bay, NY; and a host of other family and friends.
Pallbearers will be Tate Lawrence, Clifton Rush, Tony Moser, Kurt Meskimen, Harold Marlin, and Raymond Staggs. Honorary pallbearers are Ray Vanatta, Glen Billingsley, Jay Ward, and Kevin Hardaway.
The funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Fairview Missionary Baptist Church in Violet Hill with Randy Bailey and Grayden Milligan officiating. Burial will follow at Zion Hill Cemetery in Zion under the direction of Roller-Crouch Funeral Home of Melbourne.
Visitation will be on Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Zion Cemetery, Attn: Brenda Marlin, 173 Zion Road, Sage, AR 72573and Fairview Baptist Church Building Fund, 5215 E. AR Hwy. 56, Violet Hill, AR 72584.
Obituary located through Roller-Crouch Funeral Home Melbourne, Izard County, Arkansas. Published Aug 2015. ©2020 Roller Funeral Homes
Contributed on 8/29/20 by richardson10
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