John Miller
29 AUG 1933 - 14 JAN 2007
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Sheila and John Wing - John and Ruth Miller - Laura Stoeckel
50th - MAY 2005
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Bottoms - Mary Fran Bottoms - Chapman - John Miller
Ruth Miller - Sheila Wing - Phyllis Chapman
50th - MAY 2005
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C - 2
1st Row: Woerner - McCrillis - Lowry - John Miller - Wing - McDonald - Nieves-Rivera
2nd Row: Chapman - Lovell - Ralph Henry - Hodges - Hargrove
3rd Row: Bottoms - Gilpin - Warren Jones - Tom Phillips - Stoeckel
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From: Bill Haas [mailto:haas55@bham.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday - January 16 - 2007 10:43 AM To: WP Society Birmingham (WPS-Birmingham@West-Point.org) Subject: Death Notice Our Society President - Jay Patton - is out of town and asked me to post the following on our Society net. John W. Miller - Class of 1955 and President of our Society from 1993 to 1995 - died of a massive heart attack late Sunday night. Viewing is tonight (Tue) from 7:009:00 at the Currie-Jefferson Funeral Home on Hwy 150 in Hoover. Funeral services are tomorrow (Wed) - 2:00 p.m. at St. Mark United Methodist in Vestavia Hills. St. Mark is on Columbiana Rd just off US 31. Ruth has asked that those of us in attendance sit as a group and serve as honorary pall bearers. John?s grandsons will serve as the actual pall bearers. If you plan to attend the funeral - please let me know so that I can advise the funeral director of how many seats to rope off for us. Interment will follow the funeral at Jefferson Memorial Gardens - Hwy 150 - Hoover. We anticipate full military honors but have not yet heard back from Fort Rucker. John W. Miller MILLER - LTC JOHN W. (RETIRED) - of Hoover - passed away on Sunday - January 14 - 2007 - at the age of 73. He was a member of the First Christian Church and faithfully attended Saint Mark United Methodist Church. LTC(R) Miller was a graduate of USMA at West Point - Class of 1955; a member of the West Point Glee Club that appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show; and served two tours in Vietnam - where he received numerous decorations. He received his masters degree in Public Administration from the University of MO at K.C.; was a member of GAMMA BETA PHI; a Kentucky Colonel; a patron of the arts in Birmingham - where he served on the Opera board; and CEO of AQAF. He is survived by his wife - Ruth K. Miller; three sons - John W. Miller II (Polly Garmon) - John Michael Kincaid and Richard C. Kincaid (Laura Tate); three daughters - Melanie Powers (Greg) - Melinda Wicker (Greg) and Susan Seagle (Mark); twelve grandchildren - Greggory Maril - Philip John - and Meleah Powers; Greg II and John Henry Wicker; John (Jay) III and Melissa Miller; Cynthia - Lydia - John Mark - and Julia Seagle; and Matthew Kincaid. He was preceded in death by his wife - Marilyn Jean Peterson Miller - and his parents R. Walton and Leona Miller. The family will receive friends on Tuesday - January 16 - 2007 - from 7 PM until 9 PM at Currie-Jefferson Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday - January 17 - 2007 - at 2 PM at Saint Mark UMC - with Rev. Belon Friday officiating. Interment will be in Jefferson Memorial Gardens - South. Currie-Jefferson Funeral Home directing. "On the last day - take us to be with Thee in eternal fellowship." The Birmingham News The funeral was attended by approximately 400 - the music was provided by a choir of about 50 - and the Alma Mater was sung a cappella. Seven members of the Birmingham WP Society (including classmates Michalove and Haas) served as honorary pall bearers. The service was extremely well done and decidedly a tribute to John. A Fort Rucker detachment was at the interment. They executed the honors will grace and precision. Bill Hass 18 JAN 2007 No more reveille - no more calls - no more area - no more crying at the boards - and no more extra instruction. You were special because you were forged in a crucible that made us all a special kind of steel. We will meet again my brother. Al (Abe) Parker - B-2 January 19 - 2007 |
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