Finding Aid of the George Augustus "Nip" Miller, Sr. Collection, PC.7016

George A. Miller's first book was published in 1979 and is a survey of cemeteries in Haywood County, while the remaining volumes are compilations of death notices from newspapers and funeral home notices for the years 1980 - 1986. The first half of 1986 is missing.

Additional non-related material in this collection includes Mountaineer yearbook, Waynesville Junior High School, Waynesville, NC 1976, 1977; Mountaineer yearbook, Waynesville High School, Waynesville, NC 1957, 1959; Catamount yearbook, Western Carolina University, 1969; 3 pieces ephemera from Bethel High School, Bethel High School Student Directory, 1960 (Dup), Program for Bethel High School P.T.A. 1941-1942, Football Banquet, Bethel High School 12/7/1951; V-Mail Christmas Greeting to Miss Velma Elhannon, Waynesville from Private William H. Honnoll stationed in San Francisco, December 1944

Books are arranged by volume number. Death notices are arranged alphabetically in each volume.

George A. "Nip" Miller (1929 - 1999) and his twin brother Harvey or "Tuck", were born March 13 in Baxley, Georgia to William D. Miller, Sr. and his wife Caroline Pafford Miller. When George was four years old, his mother was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel , set in the antebellum Georgia backwoods. George inherited his mother's interest in family history and genealogy, and following service as a Chief Master Sergeant in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, Miller returned to Western North Carolina and began to survey cemeteries in Haywood County. This project grew into collecting and compiling obituaries and death notices from newspapers and funeral homes. His research provided a strong base for genealogical research in Haywood County.

Collection Contents

Cemeteries

Haywood County (N.C.)

Death notices

Obituaries

Yearbooks.