Gene Miller

Nov 1, 2009

Gene Miller, CSM, US Army, retired, 83, died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, at Blount Memorial Hospital.

He served in Europe, in World War II, and in the Korean War. He was a member of the 278th RTC, and was a retired colonel with the Tennessee State Guard Headquarters in Cleveland. He was also a Kentucky Colonel, and was the Veterans Service Officer in McMinn County. He was a Mason and a Shriner, and was a member of Highland Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include his wife of 64 Years, Evelyn Simmons Miller; one daughter and son-in-law, Jeanne and Gary Sanderson; grandchildren, Mindy and Joe Crisp, Billy and Alicia Krebs, Joshua Krebs and Emma Sanderson; great-grandchildren, Ada, Natalie, Gabe and Freya; and many friends, including Scott Krebs.

Graveside services will be 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery on Lyons View Road in Knoxville with the Rev. Wendy Neff officiating. Full military honors will follow.

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Memorial Funeral Home of Maryville is in charge of arrangements.