Morris Preston “Red” Miller was born on November 30, 1923, in Bangs, Brown County, Texas. He was the son of Preston Dallas Miller and Ida C. York Miller. He was the husband of Mary Doyle Whatley Miller. He served in the United States Army with the 740th Tank Battalion in World War II. Known as the “Daredevil Tankers”, the 740th was a separate battalion that fought from Utah Beach all the way to the Baltic Sea in support of various divisions of the US war effort.

After the war, Red returned home to Texas and began his career in the communications industry with Southwestern States Telephone Company in Brownwood. Following the company’s merger with GTE, the family relocated to San Angelo, where he worked in the accounting department and later with GTE Data Services. He dedicated 37 years of service to the telephone industry before retiring. He died on December 27, 2020, and is now buried in the Bangs Cemetery, Bangs, Brown County, Texas, USA.

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