Buster Miller

Published 9:37 am Wednesday, December 16, 2020

By Holley Cochran

Buster Miller, 86, of Prentiss, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 at Forrest General Hospital.

Visitation was held  Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020 from 10 – 11 a.m. at the Prentiss Fire and Police Department. A private family graveside followed visitation.

Mr. Miller was a member of Prentiss Baptist Church.

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He was a crane operator for 33 years at ODECO (now Diamond Drilling Company), before retiring in 1994.

He was also a Volunteer Fire Fighter in Prentiss for over five decades. He enjoyed playing dominos, deer and turkey hunting, and working on his farm.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Jackson Miller; his parents, Frank and Annie Lou Davis Miller; and two brothers, Joe Thomas Miller and Bobby Miller.

He is survived by one son, Mike Miller (Lynn) of Prentiss; one daughter, Donna Miller Douglas of Prentiss; five grandchildren, Justin Douglas (Coty), Cameron Miller Martin (Justin), Tori Douglas Walters (Drew), Lakyn Miller, and Madison Miller; and six great grandchildren, Miller Grace Martin, Avery Douglas, John Lawson Martin, Cohen Douglas, Karlyn Walters and Luke Rivers Martin.

The family asks that donations be made to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, www.jdrf.org.

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