Raymond Mather Miller

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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.

Raymond married Elizabeth Carrie Robinson on 28 May 1934 in Cross County, Arkansas, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Vincent Lee Robinson and Lela Delia Griffin) was born on 11 Nov 1905 in Vanndale, Searcy Twp, Cross County, Arkansas, United States; died on 22 Mar 2000 in Cross County, Arkansas, United States; was buried in Cogbill Cemetery, Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Robert was a retired air line pilot. The only son of Ray and Carrie Miller. Robert lost his father in a car accident when he was only two or three years old. Robert died a few years before his mother. He had a heart attack.
This is a picture of Robert flying one of his personal planes. Robert had two children Jennifer Lynn Miller and Raymond Mather Miller. They lived with their mother after the divorce. Robert never married again.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]