Miller, Frederick Aaron ""Fred"

Passed: 1974-08-27

Age: 62

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Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1974-08-30

Information: Ripley businessman, Frederick Aaron Miller, known to his friends as ""Fred"", owner of Miller's Home Appliance Store, Main Street, Ripley, was found dead at his Ravenswood home Tuesday morning by his son Bill.  Miller had returned home Monday from a tour of Mexico and was at his place of busines Monday.  Funeral home attendants said Tuesday afternoon that Mr. Miller died of natural causes on Tuesday.  Born March 20, 1912, in Zenith, W. Va., he was the son of the late Rosser Miller and Vera Shires Miller. He was a former owner of Miller's Planing Mills at Zenith, W. Va., and attended the Valley Baptist Church at Zenith.  A former contractor in the Ravenswood area, he was a member of the Ripley Lions Club.  Services are scheduled Thursday at 9 a.m. at Chambers Funeral Home, Ravenswood, with the Rev. Andrew Pence officiating.  The body will then be transferred to the Broyle-McGuire Funeral Home at Union, W. Va., for services on Friday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.  Burial will follow at Crosier Cemetery at Zenith.  Friends will be received at the Chambers Funeral Home Wednesday, from 1 till 9 p.m. and on Thursday at Broyles-McGuire Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m.  Survivors include two sons, Frederick L. (Bill) Miller, Ravenswood, and Roger Vernon Miller, Kenova; two daughters, Mrs. Wilma Lee Ranta, Falls Church, Va., and Mrs. Carol Cook, Oxon Hill, Md.; one sister, Mrs. Pauline Anderson, Penbroke, Va.; one brother, Buster Miller, North East, Md.; six granddaughters.