John Hamilton Miller (1920 - 2018)

Born 5 Aug 1920 in United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Kennedy) Miller — married 13 Jul 1944 in Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States

Died 6 Feb 2018 at age 97 in Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States

Biography

John Hamilton Miller, MD, 97, died of complications from previous heart attacks and strokes at Asbury Place, Kingsport, TN, on Tuesday, February 6, 2018.

Born August 5, 1920, he was the fourth son of Margaret Hamilton Henry Miller and Wm. C. Miller of Chester, SC.

He attended the public schools of Chester and later attended Erskine College, the University of North Carolina and Emory University where he received his MD degree on December 20, 1943. Following graduation he served for three years in the US Navy as a Medical Officer in the Pacific theater.

He practiced General Medicine in Bartow, FL, for 48 years as a member of the Partnership of Miller, Caswell, Coury and Nobo. Dr. Miller was a member of the Bartow Kiwanis Club, the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and the Bartow Volunteer Fire Dept. He was a SCUBA diver, snow skier and an amateur genealogist. His family histories and his genealogic records are filed in the Chester (SC) County Library, the Polk County (FL) Library, the McCain Library at Erskine College and the library of the University of South Carolina.

He was predeceased by his wife, Betty Kennedy Miller, on February 16, 1995, by his only son, John Kennedy Miller, on October 4, 2004, and by his brother, Thomas D. Miller.

John is survived by brother Robert W. Miller of Kingsport, TN and wife Doris, and sister in law Mae Lee Miller of Roanoke, VA. He is also survived by fifteen nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will take place at the Bartow Municipal Cemetery in Bartow, FL, on a yet to be selected date.

In place of flowers, it is suggested that memorial gifts be made to Library, Erskine College, 1 Depot St., Due West, SC 29639.

Sources

• "South Carolina, County Marriage Licenses, 1911-1951", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZQBT-88PZ : 8 September 2021), John Hamilton Miller, 1944.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 October 2020), memorial page for Dr John Hamilton Miller (5 Aug 1920–6 Feb 2018), Find a Grave Memorial no. 187165977, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Bartow, Polk County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Shirley C. Ogle (contributor 46985286)

• Rober W. Miller, Kingsport, TN. Author: Rober W. Miller, Kingsport, TN. prepared in June, 1998 for the Miller multigenerational reunion in Litchfield Beach & Golf. Note: Rober W. Miller, Kingsport, TN. prepared in June, 1998 for the Miller multigenerational reunion in Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort. Source Media Type: Book : : Paranthetical: Y

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.