Mr. Richard Miller passed on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. at Trice Funeral Home Chapel. Graveside Services will be held on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 1:00 P.M. at Greenwood Cemetery. Trice Funeral Home of Barnesville is in charge of all arrangements. Please keep the Miller family in prayer. Funeral Service will be live streamed on Facebook. “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. You are MY friends if you do whatever I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.” – John 15: 12-15

Richard Miller, a servant of his Christ, a servant of his church, a servant of his country, and a servant of his community. A hearer and doer of God’s Word, Richard Miller heeded the voice of God. He loved others. He served others. He was a friend to people. Most of all, the Master called him friend; after fighting cancer valiantly for almost the last two months, he is now resting from his service with Jesus Christ. The works of a servant were first instilled in the home. The youngest son of the late William Miller, Jr., and Velma McFarlin Miller, Richard Miller was born on February 11, 1949. The values of a servant were enhanced in the church. He embraced the truth of the scripture taught by the church and joined the Whites Chapel C.M.E. Church at a young age. This early teaching laid the foundation for him to remain faithful in his service to the church until his death. The ideas of a servant developed in the school. He was a 1968 graduate of Booker High School, where he was voted “Mr. Versatile,” because he was a well rounded student serving his teachers and classmates. He felt it was his duty to serve his country, and during the Vietnam conflict, he enlisted in the United States Navy where he served as a steward aboard the U.S.S. Claude V. Ricketts (DDG5) of Norfolk, Virginia. After being honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 1971, he returned home and joined the Georgia Army National Guard. After more than 39 years of service to his country, he retired in 2009. His love of country and belief in service were so strong and impactful that it inspired three of his children to follow his example and join the armed services. He also served the world as he worked as a customer service engineer with Pitney Bowes, Inc., a global shipping and mailing company.

Richard Miller shared his life of service with his wife of 47 years. He was united in holy matrimony to Erma Potts Miller on August 23, 1975. This union was blessed with two daughters. A servant leader, Richard Miller, was very active in the Barnesville community. A former commander, he was a loyal member of the American Legion Post 577 and past president of the Lamar County NAACP. He was an active member of the Booker High Industrial Alumni Association. He took pride in serving with local food distributions through the Hope Tree Ministries and other churches organizations.

Richard Miller was preceded in death by his parents and two older brothers, Charlie Miller, and Edward Miller. His life and legacy of service will forever be cherished by his loving wife, Erma J. Miller; daughter. Rhonda Miller and Tiffany Miller; sons, Kevin (Rachel) Gotell and Brad Colquitt; grandchildren, Kiana Harris, Courtni Gotell, Chasti Ponder, Bradley Mathew, Shykeria Mathew, and Brad Colquitt, Jr., great grandsons, Mehki Wesley Williams and Corrin Reece Head; sister-in-law, Ruby Miller, brother-in-law Asmus (Malinda) Potts; aunts and uncle, Catherine Walker and Alberta and Fletcher Harris, Sr., who was his best man 47 years ago, close friends, Lucious Bentley, Bruce Ogletree, and Ralph Merritt; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, classmates and friends.