Pasquotank County, NC

Richard Thomas Miller Obituary

Richard Thomas MILLER

MAPLE, NC - Richard Thomas MILLER, 83, died Friday night in the Albemarle Hospital, 
following a long illness. He was a native of Camden Co. but has been had lived in Maple 
for the past 22 years. Son of the late Jesse and Frances RIGGS MILLER. He and his 
wife Mrs. Mary Elizabeth HEWITT MILLER had been married for the past 58 years. He 
was a member of the Herman Baptist Church at Back bay, VA. He is survived by his 
wife Mrs. Mary Elizabeth HEWITT MILLER of Maple; one daughter Mrs. Andrew LOVITT 
of Back Bay; four sons Wallace MILLER of Maple, Larchie MILLER of Gibbs woods, 
Melvin MILLER of Moyock, and Luther MILLER of Norfolk; one sister Mrs. Elizabeth 
MILLER of Back Bay; and 24 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Remains were 
removed to Twiford Funeral Home, pending completion of Funeral arrangements. 

(Twiford Funeral Home obituary - December 26, 1947)

Funeral services for Richard Thomas MILLER, who died Friday night in the Albemarle 
Hospital, were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock in the chapel of the Twiford 
Funeral Home. Rev. Jack PAGE, pastor officiated, Rev. O. H. WEST, pastor of the 
Charity Methodist Church at Princess Anne, Assisted. "Beautiful Garden of Prayer" and 
"Farther Along" was sung by Mrs. Walter WILLIAMS, W. H. TRUEBLOOD, James DAVIS, 
and Carl Lee ANDERSON; Mrs. A. F. CROCKER accompanied at the piano. The casket 
was covered with a pall of pink and white carnations, static, and fern. Pallbearers were; 
Alvah WATERFIELD, Luther R. MILLER, R. L. LOVITT, Lewis MURPHY, Hubert LANE 
and Floyd RIGGS. Burial followed in the Nimmo Church Cemetery at Princess Anne, Va. 

(Twiford Funeral Home obituary - December 28, 1947)





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