The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, January 14, 1997             TAG: 9701140173
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                    LENGTH:   24 lines

WILLIAM E. MILLER JR.

William E. ``Mutz'' Miller Jr., 64, went to be with the Lord Jan. 10, 1997, in a Chesapeake hospital.

A retired electronic technician at the Naval Air Rework Facility for 30 years, Mr. Miller was a Norfolk native and lifetime member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4809. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.

Survivors include his wife, Carolyn S. Miller; three daughters, Shirleen Mills, Joyce Kirby and Susie Waugh; three sons, William E. Miller III, David ``Slick'' Copeland and Lynnwood ``Buddy'' Copeland; mother, Mary Estelle Ward; 11 grandchildren; special nieces, Norma Ann Bunch and Barbara Jean Elliott; a very special best friend, his dog, Daisey.

His 12th grandchild is expected in August. He was predeceased by his father, William E. Miller Sr. and his sister, Dorothy Mae Miller Wielinga. Mr. Miller was the stepson of the late Carl Ward Sr.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel, by Pastor Dan L. Mulder of Ocean View Christian Reformed Church, Norfolk. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

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