On November 20, 2021, Robert “Bob” Miller, Sr. went to be with the Lord. He was a native of Butler, TN and graduated from Hampton High School then went on to serve four years in the U.S. Air Force as an aviation maintenance clerk. He returned to East Tennessee and worked with Raytheon. Later he settled in Kernersville, NC and worked 20 years for Roadway Trucking and retired in 1996. An avid reader who became a student of the bible and served many years as a Senior Adult Sunday School teacher at Oaklawn Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC. He was a dedicated Tennessee Volunteer and Atlanta Braves fan and loved to travel and play golf.
Bob valued education that was instilled in him by his father who was and educator. He was the first of four brothers to set out for the Air Force and aspired it as a path for new learning, since it was a new service of the military and promised new technology and career paths. When returning to East Tennessee he completed some college at East Tennessee State University, but focused on his career at Raytheon. To better himself and become a better public speaker he enrolled and became a Toastmaster. Ultimately, with economic changes an opportunity with Roadway Trucking settled him and his family in Kernersville, NC. Over the years there developed a very close knit of church family, which meant a great deal to him and Norma. This group of Christians experienced the ups and downs of life, and supported one another in the foundation of love exemplified by our Lord Jesus Christ.
He was preceded by his parents William Frank and Hope Miller, and survived by his wife Norma Miller and sons; Bobby Miller of Elizabethton, TN, David and Nancy Miller of Knoxville, TN, and Scott and Michele Miller of Summerfield, NC and three grandchildren; Lauren, Caroline, and Leann Miller. Additionally, his surviving siblings are; Harold and wife Shirley Miller of Oak Ridge, TN, Shirrell and wife Shirley Miller of Sevierville, TN, Richard and wife Vera Miller of Knoxville, TN, and Deborah and husband Jim Lemmons of Woodbridge, VA.
A visitation will be held on Tuesday, November 23rd from 4-6pm at Vogler Funeral & Cremations, 3815 Yadkinville Rd, Winston Salem, NC. A graveside service will be at 12:00pm on Wednesday November 24th at the Miller Family Cemetery, 4918 Hwy 321, Butler, TN.
Memorial Contributions can be made the American Heart Association.
