Mark Lyle Miller

Dr. Mark Miller passed away Wednesday, December, 15, 2021 as a result of a cycling accident. He grew up a military brat, graduating from Cullman High School where he was a star on the Cross Country Team, and in the summers spent time on his family’s farm in Illinois. He was a man of integrity and character, “he was the kind of guy you hope becomes your friend.”

Mark was a member of the Army 20th Special Forces. He attended Auburn University where he was in the Alpha Psi Veterinary Fraternity and President of his class. A few days after Vet School graduation, he married Margaret (Midge) Rountree Stockham. They lived in Jensen Beach for two years before moving back to Birmingham and starting Cahaba Valley Animal Clinic, where Mark worked for the majority of his career. He was a founding member of the Emergency and Specialty Animal Medical Center. After retirement in 2016, Mark maintained friendships from all walks of his veterinary life, traveling to conferences and going on trips.

The greatest joy of Mark’s life arrived in 1993 when his daughter Elizabeth Lee Miller was born, and he was so proud to walk her down the aisle last year as she married Trent Coleman.

Mark was an avid cyclist and golfer, typically splitting his retirement days between these two beloved activities. He created an amazing community of cyclists and golfers in both Birmingham and his summer home – Harbor Springs, Michigan.

Dr. Miller is survived by his wife, Midge Stockham Miller and daughter Elizabeth Miller Coleman (Trent) of Birmingham; parents, Mary and Bob Miller and sister Robyn Miller of Lexington, Kentucky; an extensive extended family, and his many wonderful friends.

A funeral service will be held on Sunday, December 19 at 2:00 in Highland Hall at Independent Presbyterian Church.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Mark’s name to the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine in memory of Mark L. Miller DVM ’87.