Leroy Miller

Published 11:31 am Thursday, February 24, 2011

EDWARDS — Leroy Miller died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, at his home in Edwards. He was 66.

Mr. Miller was the son of McKinley and Emma Davis Miller. He attended Kings Elementary and graduated in 1962 from Rosa Temple High School.

He was a member of Pleasant Valley M.B. Church, where he had served as a deacon, Sunday school secretary and choir member. He had also served as chairman of the Men’s Department and assisted in maintaining the church grounds.

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A mechanic and truck driver, Mr. Miller worked for a number of years for Mississippi Materials and Adams Eggs Farm.

He is survived by his wife, Catherine Graham Miller; two daughters, Jenesia Renae Miller and Senita Leatri Miller; five brothers, Earnest Miller of Edwards, Julious Miller of Milwaukee, Wis., James Miller of Florissant, Mo., Robert Miller of Alexandria, Va., and Allen Overton of Vicksburg; four sisters, Barbara Morris of Hammond, Ind., and Sadie Miller, Daisy Miller and Henrietta Miller, all of Vicksburg; and aunts, an uncle, nieces, nephews and other relatives, including members of the Davis, Gaines, Ragan, Rooks, Kemp, Woodson, Bowman, Luckett, Anderson and Miller families.

Services will be at noon Saturday at Pleasant Valley M.B. Church, Mississippi 27 South, under the direction of Lakeview Funeral Home. A private burial will be at a later date.