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(75.149.250.145) on 10/14/2011 - 9:35 a.m. says: ( 19 views
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JOSEPH AVERY MILLER, JR. (JULY 3, 1929-OCTOBER 13, 2011)
JOSEPH AVERY MILLER, JR., 82, DIED PEACEFULLY IN HIS SLEEP ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA HE ATTENDED RAMSEY HIGH SCHOOL, MATRICULATED AT ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (AUBURN UNIVERSITY) ON A ROTC SCHOLARSHIP, GRADUATING AS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, 1950. MR. MILLER WAS COMMISSIONED AN OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AS A COMBAT ENGINEER DURING THE KOREAN WAR AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF FIRST LIEUTENANT. MR. MILLER WAS HONORED TO HAVE SERVED UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR IN KOREA. BEFORE HIS DEPLOYMENT TO KOREA, MR. MILLER MARRIED SARA SKINNER ON MARCH 3, 1951 AT SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH.
UPON HIS ARMY DISCHARGE, MR. MILLER BEGIN HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER WITH THE STATE OF ALABAMA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND THEN WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. IN 1961 HE FOUNDED THE FIRM WHICH WOULD BECOME MILLER TRIPLETT & MILLER ENGINEERS INC. (NOW HEADED BY HIS ELDEST SON JOEY.) MR. MILLER RETIRED IN 2001. MR. MILLER WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER BIRMINGHAM CHAPTER OF THE ALABAMA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS.
A TRAINED PILOT AS A TEENAGER, MR. MILLER WAS AN AMATEUR HISTORIAN WITH A SPECIAL INTEREST IN WWII AVIATION. ALONG WITH DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, HE COUNTED AMONG HIS HEROES GEORGE S. PATTON AND WINSTON CHURCHILL. FOR MANY YEARS, MR. MILLER WAS AN ENTHUSIASTIC AND SUCCESSFUL COACH IN THE CRESTWOOD COLTS YOUTH FOOTBALL PROGRAM AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN OVERSEEING THE PLANNING AND ENGINEERING OF CRESTWOOD FIELD. MR. MILLER ALSO COACHED YOUTH BASKETBALL FOR MANY YEARS AT WOODLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH. MR. MILLER, AN AVID AUBURN FOOTBALL FAN, WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE AUBURN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND WAS ALSO A LONG-TIME AUBURN TIGER FOOTBALL SEASON TICKET HOLDER. ANOTHER OF MR. MILLER'S PASSIONS WAS RESTORING ANTIQUE CARS. HE WAS A LIFE-MEMBER OF THE ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA AND TOOK SPECIAL PRIDE IN THE 1955 BUICK ROADMASTER RIVIERA 76-R TWO DOOR HARD-TOP THAT HE AND HIS SON JAMES SHOWED AND PLACED IN MANY REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MEETS.
MR. MILLER WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND LOVING FATHER. HE LEAVES BEHIND TO CHERISH MANY MEMORIES: HIS BELOVED BRIDE OF OVER SIXTY YEARS, SARA; SEVEN CHILDREN: JOSEPH AVERY MILLER III (LISA S.,) CATHERINE ELIZABETH BENTON (WILLIAM DAVID 'SKIP' BENTON,) HOWARD PHILLIP MILLER (KATHRYN W.,) THOMAS BROWN (LEIGH L.,) JAMES ANDERSON MILLER, JANE ALLISON "DOLLY" STOKES (JEFF STOKES,) JOHN FORREST MACARTHUR MILLER (KAREN R.;) TEN GRANDCHILDREN: SARAH ELIZABETH WAGNER (U.S. ARMY CAPTAIN TOM WAGNER,) KATHERINE PAIGE BENTON, JOSHUA DAVID BENTON, AVERY ANN MILLER, THOMAS JORDAN LASSITER MILLER, JOHN JOSEPH MILLER, SARA GRACE MILLER, ROBERT ALLEN BANKS, ANNA LEIGH MILLER AND TIMOTHY JOSEPH MACARTHUR MILLER; AND COUNTLESS FRIENDS AND NUMEROUS BUSINESS ACQUAINTANCES. MR. MILLER WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS MAE BROWN JORDAN AND HOWARD JORDAN.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD MONDAY, OCT. 17 AT SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH, 2 XAVIER CIRCLE, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. VISITATION OPENS AT 9:30 A.M. AND THE SERVICE WILL START AT 11:00 A.M., THE REVEREND JOHN G. MCDONALD AND THE REVEREND JEFFREY GREER, CELEBRANTS. THE FAMILY IS TO HOLD A PRIVATE MEMORIAL CELEBRATION IN AUBURN, ALABAMA AT A LATER DATE.
THE MILLER FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND STAFF OF BROOKWOOD HOSPITAL. LIKEWISE, THE FAMILY WISHES TO THANK THE WONDERFUL CARE TEAMS AT GOLDEN LIVING REHABILITATION AND THE GREENBRIER AT ALTAMONT. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY REQUESTS THAT DONATIONS BE MADE TO AN ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED IN HONOR OF JOE AND SARA MILLER:
JOSEPH A. & SARA S. MILLER, JR., CIVIL ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP
C/O ALLISON DOZIER
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
1320 SHELBY CENTER
AUBURN ALABAMA 36849
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