| Name | Donald Cameron (Dusty) MILLER |
| Birth | 23 Aug 1886 |
| Death | 3 Aug 1950, Memphis, TN |
| Burial | 4 Aug 1950, Forest Hill, Memphis TN |
| Occupation | Engineer; Memphis Commissioner of Finance |
| Education | Univ. of MS, 1908 |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Father | George MILLER (1840-1897) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Catherine (Kate) WILEY (1846-1919) |
Forty years of loyal service to the City of Memphis come to an end yesterday morning of D. C. (Dusty) Miller. But not before he performed one more function as a good citizen.
Mr. Miller went to the polls at Lamar and Oakview about 8:15. After voting he returned to his home at 1723 Nelson where he suffered a heart attack and died at 9. He was 63 and had been in ill health several years.
Service will be conducted by the Rev. R. Paul Caudill at 4:30 this afternoon at National Funeral Home. Burial will be in Forest Hill.
"Dusty was one of the highest type of public officials," Mayor Overton said. "He served the City of Memphis for many years with fine ability, honesty and loyalty. He had a fine grasp of public affairs and made a study of municipal government."
"I suspect he knew more about municipal finance than any man in the country. Memphis will certainly miss him," the Mayor said.
It was in April, 1910 that Mr. Miller joined the City Engineering Department as a draftsman on the North Memphis levee construction. E. H. Crump was mayor.
Four years later Mr. Miller became chief clerk of the Engineering Department. He continued in this position until Mayor Overton took office in January, 1928, when he became city clerk.
In May, 1937, Mr. Miller became the first comptroller of the municipal government. As such he became one of the city's most powerful and best paid officials.
His next promotion was to the position of commissioner of finance and institutions which he held eight years. In 1947 when a new branch of the City Government, known as the Research Department, was created, Mr. Miller was made its director. He held this position at the time of his death.
Good-natured, honest and conscientious, Mr. Miller was pointed out in the courthouse again and again as the chief example of advancement because of merit regardless of political influence.
While commissioner, Mr. Miller had jurisdiction over John Gaston Hospital, the Memphis Municipal Airport, and other city properties. He was especially interested in the Airport and instrumental in its development. As director of research, his last big task was to prepare the new City Code, volumes of which were delivered a few weeks ago.
The "D. C." stands for Donald Cameron, a famous Scotch Minister, and points to his father's family which included many Scotch Presbyterian ministers. His father was the late George Miller of near Oxford, Miss.
Born in Oxford, Mr. Miller attended the oxford Schools and the University of Mississippi. When the university abolished its electrical engineering school, he became an apprentice in the Allis-Chamber Manufacturing Co. After a year he returned to electrical studies at Mississippi A. & M.
It was at A. & M. that he acquired the nickname of "Dusty." Although he didn't particularly care for it, the nickname stuck. From A. & M. he returned to the University of Mississippi where he was graduated in civil engineering in 1908.
As a member of the United States Geological Survey, he surveyed Tunica and Coahoma Counties for the Tallahatchie Drainage District plans. Later he was associated with the late Willis Ayers in irrigation and drainage engineering for Arkansas rice fields.
Mr. Miller was assistant city engineer at Helena, Ark. during construction of a new sewer line and became a Clarksdale, Miss. paving contractor before coming to Memphis.
Mr. Miller was a deacon in First Baptist Church and active in many civic projects. He was a charter member of the Engineers Club where he first became a member in 1914. He was a member of the Rozelle Civic Club. He served as state chairman of the Municipal Finance Officers Association.
| 1 | Marjorie ARCHER |
| Birth | ca 1894 |
| Death | 6 Mar 1968, Memphis, TN |
| Burial | 8 Mar 1968, Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis, TN |
| Marriage | 27 Jul 1913 |
| Children | Helen Elizabeth (1914-1993) |