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- Source: The Adair County News, Columbia KY, Wednesday 04-Mar-1936, as posted on
The Adair County KY Obits Forum, maintained by
Dr. S.P. MILLER Buried Friday. A Valued Citizen Succumbs to Ill Health After
48 Years of Service in Adair County. Served as Health Officer.
Dr. Samuel Preston MILLER, 71 years of age, died at his home on Jamestown Street
11:30 Wednesday morning after having been seriously ill for only a few days. He
had been in declining health for several years, death being caused by a
complication of diseases. Dr. MILLER was born 21-Aug-1864 in the Crocus community,
a son of the late James P. and Sarah McCLURE MILLER. His family was one of
prominence and affluence. After receiving his early training in the schools of
Adair County he left for Louisville to study medicine. He graduated from the
University of Louisville Medical College in 1888 and returned home to practice at
Glensfork for many years before moving to Columbia. On 03-May-1888, Dr. MILLER
married Miss Susie PATTESON, daughter of Captain and Mrs. O.B. PATTESON of
Montpelier, and they had six children, all of whom survive together with their
mother. Dr. MILLER was one of the best-known men in Adair County and without doubt
one of the most beloved. His 48 years of service spent in ministering to the ills
of his fellow man, the sympathy and understanding he extended the patients and his
genial disposition endeared him to all. He never failed to answer the call of duty,
day or night, as long as he was able, and in recent years often was found at the
bedside of the sick when he should have been reserving his own strength. At the
time of his death he was County Physician. He was County Health Officer from 1917
to 1932, being succeeded by Dr. N.A. MERCER, present head of the Adair County
Health Department. Those surviving are his wife, Mrs. Susie PATTESON MILLER; the
following children, Mrs. W.L. WELCH (of) Hazard; J.P. MILLER, Miss Susan MILLER
and O.B. MILLER of Columbia; Dr. O.P. MILLER of Louisville, and Mrs. J.B. HORTON
of Beeville, TX. One sister, Mrs. A.H. BALLARD of Columbia; three brothers; N.B.
MILLER of Buffalo NY; B.S. MILLER (of) Crocus; and a number of nieces and nephews
also survive. He leaves twelve grandchildren: Russell, Margaret, Sarah Louise,
Pattie, Jean and James Oliver MILLER, children of Mr. And Mrs. J.P.MILLER; Mary
Edwards MILLER, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. O.P. MILLER of Louisville; and Mary Welch,
Billy Joe, Thelma Harper, Samuel Preston and Donald MILLER, children of Mr. and
Mrs. O.B. MILLER. Funeral services were held at the home Friday afternoon at 2:30
conducted by the Reverend Kirby SMITH, pastor of the Burkesville Christian Church,
assisted by the Reverend W.E. RICHARDSON, pastor of the Columbia Baptist Church.
All of Dr. MILLER's children were here for the funeral, including his two
sons-in-law, Rev. J.B. HORTON, Beeville, TX, and W.L. WELCH, Hazard. Active
pallbearers were Messrs. J.P. KELSAY, C.M. KELSAY, J.C. MILLER, Owen MILLER, Joe
MILLER and Dr. J.W. MILLER, all nephews of the deceased. Honorary pallbearers were
Dr. L.C. NELL, Dr. W.J. FLOWERS, Dr. N.A. MERCER, Dr. B.J. BOLIN, Dr. C.M. RUSSELL,
Dr. J.C. GOSE, Dr. H.B. SIMPSON of Greensburg; Dr. U.G. DAVIS (of)Louisville, Dr.
Oscar SHUMAKER (of) Louisville, John W. FLOWERS, Judge W.G. SHEPHERD,C.R.
HUTCHISON, Bert HARPER, W.I. INGRAM, T.E. JEFFRIES, Ray MONTGOMERY,N.B. KELSAY,
G.R. REED, W.W. EDWARDS (of) Louisville, and Edwin MILLER of Ann Arbor, MI. One of
the largest crowds ever attending a funeral in this city gathered to pay tribute to
Dr. MILLER, among them being many out-of-town people. They were: Mr.and Mrs.
Oliver WILLIS, Mr. Fred WILLIS, Dr. Burr ATKINSON, Mr. J.D. EDWARDS,Mrs. George
BARBEE, Mrs. G.W. DURRETT, Miss Virginia DURRETT, Mrs. Walter EDWARDS, Mr. June
EDWARDS, Mrs. Joe ANDERSON, Miss Edna MILLER, Mrs. George MONSON, Mrs.John SANDERS,
Mr. And Mrs. John JONES, and Mr. and Mrs. J.C. MILLER, Campbellsville;Dr. and Mrs.
J.W. MILLER, Warsaw KY; Dr. Holland SIMPSON, Dr. J.C. GRAHAM, Mrs.John CABELL and
Mr. Sam CABELL, Greensburg; Mrs. Jack TALBOTT, Mrs. Hazel OFFICER, Mrs. Kirby SMITH,
Burkesville; Mrs. Mollie BECK and Mr. Claud BECK, Jamestown; Mr. AndMrs. Ed NOE,
Montecello; Mr. And Mrs. Cyrus WILLIAMS, Dix Dam; Mr. W.W. EDWARDS,Mr. and Mrs.
James EDWARDS, Mrs. Minor BURK, Dr. Ury DAVIS, Dr. Oscar SHUMAKER andMiss Margaret
MILLER, Louisville; Mr. And Mrs. Tom PATTESON, Lebanon; Mrs. Charlie PERKINS,
Georgetown KY; Mr. And Mrs. Tilford PETTY and Miss Nellie MILLER,Bowling Green.
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26 Feb 1936 death date given by Reb. Glen Maxey
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