Husband: John Wesley MILLER III
Birthdate:20 November 1905
Birthplace: Baskin, Franklin Parish, Louisiana
Death date: 20 June 1966
Place of death: Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Father: John Wesley MILLER, Jr.
Mother: Elizabeth Ann ANDERSON

Marriage date: 29 May 1931
Marriage place: Wisner, Franklin Parish, Louisiana

Wife: Lena Mae PHILLIPS
Birthdate:05 February 1908
Birthplace: Baskin, Franklin Parish, Louisiana
Death date: 27 January 2001
Place of death: Columbia, Boone County, Missouri
Burial: Hilcrest Cemetery, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Father: William Randolph PHILLIPS
Mother: Rosa Mae HOWINGTON

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: John William MILLER
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 13 February 1934
Birthplace: Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas
Death date: 20 June 1966
Place of death: Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Burial: Hilcrest Cemetery, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Marriage date: 23 September 1961
Marriage place: Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico
Spouse's name: Amy Katherine PENDERGRASS

Child No. 2: Living
 

Documentation:
* Research of John Burnett of Reno, NV.
* Cemetery records of Hilcrest Cemetery, Las Cruces, NM.

Notes:
* John Wesley Miller, III was a native of Baskin, Louisiana. After he married Lena Phillips, who had been a school teacher, they left Louisiana to go to Texas where he found work in the oil fields. Later they went to New Mexico in 1949 and settle in Las Cruces. Mr. Miller owned a Chrysler Car dealership and later at the time of his death was an owner of a tire company. He was an accomplished photographer and could also fly his own airplane. He and his son both died on the same day in 1966. After his death Mrs. Miller lived in Las Cruces with her daughter until she relocated to Columbus, Ohio about 1995. Later she and her daughter moved to Columbia, Missouri where Mrs. Miller died. She was later buried with her husband and son in Las Cruces. The couple had two grandchildren and at present two great grandchildren.