James Lester Miller

Published 4:32 pm Monday, November 27, 2017

James Lester Miller, 73, of Butler, passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017, at Johnson City Medical Center.
A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late James Edgar and Julia Whitehead Miller.
Mr. Miller was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation. He was a member of Piercetown Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Dean “Stony” Miller, and a brother, Eddie.
Survivors include his sons, Lester White, James D. Miller and Stephen S. Miller, all of Butler; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mildred Pittman and Margaret Burchett, both of Indiana, and Barbara Cable, Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The graveside service for James Lester Miller will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 28, at Butler Memorial Cemetery with the Pastor Harvey White officiating. Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Family and friends will assemble at the cemetery at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday. Condolences may be sent to the family at our website, www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Miller family.