Raymond Mather Miller

1902 - 1938  (36 years)

• Name	Raymond Mather Miller
  Birth	1902	Texas, United States
  Gender	Male
  _UID	70B2DF01CD004FC7BF89E6A07A1532BE32E2
  Death	26 Dec 1938	Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas, United States
  	Ray died in a car accident on the St. Francis River His brother in law was with him and received a broken neck but he still tried to save Ray. TVA Engineer Killed in Arkansas Accident Drowns When Auto Plunges Off St. Francis River Bridge (Special to the Commercial Appeal) Wynne, Arkansas, Dec. 26 Ray M. Miller, 34, an engineer connected with the Tennessee Valley Authority, ws killed in an accident near here this orning when the car he was driving plunged off the St. Francis River bridge on Highway 64. His brother-in-law, Elmer Robinson, of Wynne, who ws with Mr. Miller, escaped uninjured. The two men had started on a duck hunting expedition, an had been gone from the home only a few minutes when the accident occurred. According to reports, the car skidded on the wet runways of the narrow bridge and pllunged into the river. Although the auto was in only two feet of water, Mr. Miller's head was submerged and it is believed that he drowned while unconscious from the shok of the crash. Mr and Mrs Miller came to Wynne a few days ago from Guntersville, Ala., to spend the Christmas holidays in the home of Mrs. Miller's sister, Mrs. H.J. Barwick. Mr. Miller during recent months had been working as engineer on a bridge being constructed by the TVA at Guntersville, and prior to that time worked on the Norris Dam at Norris, Tenn. He had been notified to report for work as head engineer on a new TVA bridte at Chattanooga, Jan. 15. A native of Kansas, he spent part of his youth in San Antonio, Texas and studied engineering at the University of Kansas. For several years he was located at Wynne while employed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad and later was with the U.S. Engineers' office at West Memphis. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs Carrie Miller; a son, Robert Lee; his mother, Mrs. Alice Miller of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and a brother, Albert Miller, also of Poplar Bluff. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Roy Davis at the Presbyterian Church here tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock with burial at a local cemetery.
  Person ID	I69163	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Caithness Miller,   b. 5 Aug 1869, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Feb 1912, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Alice Mather,   b. 12 Jan 1869   d. 9 Jul 1944, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1900	Centralia, Nemaha County, Kansas, United States
  Family ID	F23897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Carrie Robinson,   b. 11 Nov 1905, Vanndale, Searcy Twp, Cross County, Arkansas, United States d. 22 Mar 2000, Cross County, Arkansas, United States (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	28 May 1934	Cross County, Arkansas, United States
  Children	1. Robert Lee Miller,   b. 29 Apr 1938, Tennessee, United States d. 29 Oct 1997, Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas, United States (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F23904	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 1902 - Texas, United States Marriage - 28 May 1934 - Cross County, Arkansas, United States Death - 26 Dec 1938 - Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas, United States  = Link to Google Earth