L.T. Miller

Wednesday, January 23, 2002

EAST PRAIRIE - L.T. Miller, 77, died at 7:50 p.m. Jan. 22, 2002, at the East Prairie Nursing Center.

Born Oct. 17, 1924, in Ridgely, Tenn., to the late Martin Nathaniel and Lona Mae Henderson Miller, he had lived in Mississippi County most of his life. A retired cotton gin operator with the Dorena Cotton Gin, he was a retired farmer and mechanic and a member of the Dorena Baptist Church.

On Feb. 26, 1949, at Union City, Tenn., he married Mary Evelene Jones, who survives of the home.

Other survivors include two sisters, Cora Hall of East Prairie and Francis Niewglowski of Baldwin, Ill.; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by seven brothers and two sisters.

Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Steve Johnson, pastor of the Victory Baptist Church, will officiate.

Burial will follow in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery.