| Name | Hugh Reid MILLER |
| Birth | 1 Aug 1870 |
| Death | 22 Oct 1928, Oxford, MS |
| Occupation | Locomotive engineer |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Father | George MILLER (1840-1897) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Catherine (Kate) WILEY (1846-1919) |
Hugh Reid Miller, aged 58, a native and former resident of Oxford, who for nearly thirty years an engineer on the southern division of the I. C. railroad with headquarters in McComb, Miss. died here Monday morning in the home of his sister, Miss Kate Miller.
Mr. Miller had been ill for many months, being confined in hospitals in Chicago and Paducah before he was brought here to Bramlett's Hospital in July. some weeks ago he was removed to the home of his sister where he was under the care of a trained nurse. With wonderful Christian fortitude he bore his afflictions and peacefully fell asleep at 7:45 A. M., Oct. 22.
He was the oldest son of the late George and Kate Wiley Miller and leaves six brothers and three sisters to mourn his passing. The brothers are Robert Walton and George of Oxford; D.C., the city clerk of Memphis; Y.W., of Greenville; H. A. of Ruleville, Russell of Amory; the sisters are Misses Kate and Lucy Miller of Oxford and Mrs. J.A. Clark of Ruleville.
The funeral service was conducted by Dr. W. D. Heddleston, his former pastor, at the First Presbyterian Church, Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 and concluded at the grave with the Masonic ceremony. A number of friends and relatives from out of town attended and the many floral offerings bore much testimony of the esteem in which he was held. He was a man of high ideals, whose sincerity made and held friends in all walks of life.
During his long illness he was the recipient of many attentions, all that loving hands of relatives and friends could do to alleviate his pain and cheer him was done.
Mr. Miller had an ancestry of which he was proud, being a descendant on the paternal line of Gen. Pickens of Revolutionary fame and of George Walton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was also a grandson of Col. Hugh Reid Miller of Pontotoc, Miss., who served with distinction under Gen. Robt. E. Lee, of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. One of his prized possessions was the flag of the "Pontotoc Minute Men," a company which his grandfather organized and led until promoted and transferred to the army of Northern Virginia where he served until mortally wounded in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. On the maternal side, he was a descendent of the Thompson and Wiley families of North Carolina. Of this line, one of the most distinguished was Jacob Thompson, and Secretary of Interior under President Buchanan and a leader in the political life of that day.
Mr. Miller was much interested in fraternal work. He was a member of the Brotherhood of L. E. Magnolia, Division 196, and of the B. of L. F. & E., a Royal Arch Mason, member of Ichula Lodge No. 122, Wahabi Temple Mystic Shrine, Lexington Commandry No. 3, Queen Esther Chapter O. E. S. of McComb, Miss and a life member of B. O. P. E., Lodge No. 268 of McComb.
| 1 | Irene BISSENGER |
| Birth | 15 May 1871 |
| Death | 26 Jun 1900 |
| Burial | Pontotoc Cemetery, Pontotoc |