[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5044]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  REMEMBERING JOHN RICHARD MILLER, JR.

 Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to 
recognize the passing of a great Alabamian, John Richard Miller, Jr., 
who died on January 26, 2014. Mr. Miller was a native and longtime 
resident of Brewton, AL.
  After graduating from Culver Military Academy in Culver, IN, he 
attended the University of Alabama. Mr. Miller served as a pilot in the 
U.S. Army Air Corps, 8th Air Force, in the European Theatre of 
Operation during World War II, receiving the Air Medal, E.T.O. Medal, 
and a Presidential Citation, and was discharged with the rank of major.
  After his military service, he returned to Brewton where, like his 
father and grandfather, was employed by T.R. Miller Mill Company where 
he held various positions including chairman of the board from 1986 to 
2009, and chairman emeritus until his death. He also served on many 
other boards and was a founding member of the Bank of Mobile. He was 
the third generation patriarch of this family and its businesses. He 
was also very committed to his churches, the First United Methodist 
Church in Brewton and in Destin.
  Mr. Miller was a lifelong member of the Brewton Rotary Club, served 
on the Brewton City School Board, the president's cabinet and the 
business school's Board of Visitors at the University of Alabama, and 
was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Alabama. 
He also received an honorary doctorate degree from Mobile College, now 
the University of Mobile. He was inducted into the Alabama Business 
Hall of Fame, like his father before him, at the University of Alabama.
  Mr. Miller was a great outdoorsman and excellent wing shot but also 
loved his fishing--particularly fishing Shipp Pond, Apalachicola Bay, 
and the Gulf of Mexico with family and friends.
  Mr. Miller will always be remembered for his great humility, 
generosity, and love of his fellow man. He leaves behind his wife of 70 
years, Virginia Earl Kersh Miller, and their four children, Nancy 
Miller Melton, John Richard Miller, III, David Earl Miller, and Jean 
Miller Stimpson, as well as many other family members and friends. They 
have been given a great legacy indeed.

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