William Roots Miller III

William Roots Miller, III, age 101, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at his home in Brownsville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. in the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday, December 10, 2016, from 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. in the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home. Mr. Miller was born December 25, 1914, in Haywood County, Tennessee, to the late Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Miller. He attended Vanderbilt University and then worked for Commercial Credit Corporation before serving in World War II in the European Theater. He was in the Battle of the Bulge and received a Purple Heart. After the war, he returned to Brownsville and farmed until he retired. He was a lifetime member of the Brownsville Baptist Church; he also served as Director of the Haywood Farmers' Co-op and of Production Credit Association. He was preceded in death by his wife, Minnie McRae Powell Cutliff Miller, by his parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Miller, his brothers, Anderson Miller, Jim Miller, Clopton Miller and his sisters, Cherry Lea and Eldridge Edwards. He is survived by two sisters: Rivers Miller Stephenson, Bells, TN, Betty Miller Hayes, Jackson, TN and numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers memorials are requested to the Charity of the donor's choice.