Freed-Hardeman Connections
Researching the Restoration Movement in Mississippi and West Tennessee
Max Robert Miller - 1925-2001
Max R. Miller, the son of Wall G. and Trumon Lancaster Miller, was born August 28, 1925 at Bruceton, Tennessee. On June 24, 1949, he married Lillian Marshall of Linden, Tennessee. To this union were born three children: Melinda Miller Gore, presently a senior at David Lipscomb College; Grady Marshall, a sophomore at Freed-Hardeman; and Martha Nell, a junior at Murfreesboro Riverdale High School.
He graduated from Central High School in Bruceton and later attended Freed-Hardeman College and Harding Graduate School of Bible and Religion in Memphis.
He has preached the gospel in eleven states and has done located work with the New Hope church in Middleton, Tennessee, the Covington church in Covington, Tennessee, the Brooks and Rosedale church in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Central Church in Jackson, Tennessee, and is presently with the East Main church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
While in Covington, he ministered to the nearby convict church at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. In Jackson, he served as Director of the West Tennessee Children's Home. He is also a member of the Freed-Hardeman alumni board.
1973 Freed-Hardeman Lectureship, p. 353
Grave Location
Brother Miller is buried in the Prospect Cemetery in Hollow Rock, Tenn. which is near Bruceton. The cemetery is on the north side of Highway 70 in Hollow Rock. Take the west enterance to the cemetery and turn right at the first road. Look for a Bayless marker on the left. Brother Miller's tombstone is about eight deep.
His parents, Wall G. and Trumon Lancaster Miller, are also buried in the Prospect Cemetery.
Photographs made by Tom Childers, Aug. 10, 2005.
Max R. Miller, the son of Wall G. and Trumon Lancaster Miller, was born August 28, 1925 at Bruceton, Tennessee. On June 24, 1949, he married Lillian Marshall of Linden, Tennessee. To this union were born three children: Melinda Miller Gore, presently a senior at David Lipscomb College; Grady Marshall, a sophomore at Freed-Hardeman; and Martha Nell, a junior at Murfreesboro Riverdale High School.
He graduated from Central High School in Bruceton and later attended Freed-Hardeman College and Harding Graduate School of Bible and Religion in Memphis.
He has preached the gospel in eleven states and has done located work with the New Hope church in Middleton, Tennessee, the Covington church in Covington, Tennessee, the Brooks and Rosedale church in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Central Church in Jackson, Tennessee, and is presently with the East Main church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
While in Covington, he ministered to the nearby convict church at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. In Jackson, he served as Director of the West Tennessee Children's Home. He is also a member of the Freed-Hardeman alumni board.
1973 Freed-Hardeman Lectureship, p. 353
Grave Location
Brother Miller is buried in the Prospect Cemetery in Hollow Rock, Tenn. which is near Bruceton. The cemetery is on the north side of Highway 70 in Hollow Rock. Take the west enterance to the cemetery and turn right at the first road. Look for a Bayless marker on the left. Brother Miller's tombstone is about eight deep.
His parents, Wall G. and Trumon Lancaster Miller, are also buried in the Prospect Cemetery.
Photographs made by Tom Childers, Aug. 10, 2005.