On Sunday my mom's only brother and the last of her immediate family died. We always called him Oscar, and until the obituary I didn't know he had yet another name, Dusty! He always lived in Texas and I probably saw him no more than five times in my life. After mom died, he became a source of information, as he was very sharp and seemed to remember a lot. I'm glad I talked to him several times as questions would come up that I figured only he could answer-and he usually could. Even though I didn't know him well, this has been very sad for me. Another chapter closes and I'm reminded that I am left to carry on. His service tomorrow will be a military service with the 21 gun salute. Mom would have loved that-she had a great love for her country and loved her country in a way I could never understand. I always thought she loved more because she had lived through so many years of watching her country be fought for. I love America too, but I certainly have never lived through anything like what the people of her generation did. Below is the obituary from the Lubbock, TX paper.
W. D. "Dusty" Miller, 88, of Lubbock, passed away Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007. Celebration of life services are planned for 1 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 23 in Resthaven's Abbey Chapel with Pastor Rick Oliphint officiating. Interment will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park.
Welborn Duke Miller was born in Durham, North Carolina on Dec. 6, 1918. His parents were Olin S. Miller and Nora Duke Miller. He graduated from Floydada High School in 1937. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture from Texas Technological College in 1942. He served in the Army Air Corps from September of 1942 through the end of World War II in 1945.
He worked as an appraiser for the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation from 1966 until retiring in 1985. He married Dola Zara in Lubbock on May 20, 1985.
He is survived by his wife, Dola Miller; a daughter, Julia Ann Conner of Amarillo; a son, Larry Bob Miller of Lubbock; a son, Johnny C. Miller of Houston; a son, Jesse Miller of Ft. Worth; a stepson, Sergio Ceja of Lubbock; a stepson, German Ceja of San Antonio; and his grandchildren.
He is also survived by stepson, Gene Zara of Abilene; stepdaughter, Debra Robertson of Lubbock; and stepdaughter, Helen Burke of Lubbock.
The family requests memorial donations to The Salvation Army, 16th and Ave. K, Lubbock, TX 79401.
W. D. "Dusty" Miller, 88, of Lubbock, passed away Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007. Celebration of life services are planned for 1 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 23 in Resthaven's Abbey Chapel with Pastor Rick Oliphint officiating. Interment will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park.
Welborn Duke Miller was born in Durham, North Carolina on Dec. 6, 1918. His parents were Olin S. Miller and Nora Duke Miller. He graduated from Floydada High School in 1937. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture from Texas Technological College in 1942. He served in the Army Air Corps from September of 1942 through the end of World War II in 1945.
He worked as an appraiser for the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation from 1966 until retiring in 1985. He married Dola Zara in Lubbock on May 20, 1985.
He is survived by his wife, Dola Miller; a daughter, Julia Ann Conner of Amarillo; a son, Larry Bob Miller of Lubbock; a son, Johnny C. Miller of Houston; a son, Jesse Miller of Ft. Worth; a stepson, Sergio Ceja of Lubbock; a stepson, German Ceja of San Antonio; and his grandchildren.
He is also survived by stepson, Gene Zara of Abilene; stepdaughter, Debra Robertson of Lubbock; and stepdaughter, Helen Burke of Lubbock.
The family requests memorial donations to The Salvation Army, 16th and Ave. K, Lubbock, TX 79401.
3 comments:
Are you going to tell us why he was called Uncle Oscar? Was you mom born in North Carolyn too?
hi i dont know yu but i did know yur uncle he was my nieghbor and like a family to me! we called him dusty sometime but usually mr. miller i just wanted too say that yur uncle was a wonderful man and so was his wife mrs.miller
This was my father. The name Oscar comes from a comic strip or comic book character named Oscar Rabbit. He and my Uncle Floyd Willis called each other Oscar. If memory serves, one sent a birthday card to the other with an Oscar Rabbit theme. The card got mailed back each time one of them had a birthday. This went on for YEARS. My "Aunt Sus" Elnora was born in Ranger, Tx.
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