Jerry Dean Miller

JERRY DEAN MILLER, 85, DIED MARCH 23, 2023, WITH HIS WIFE OF 67 YEARS HOLDING HIS HAND. 

JERRY WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1937 IN HOBBS, NEW MEXICO.  HE ATTENDED LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL AND VERNON HIGH SCHOOL. HE HONORABLY SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY FROM MARCH 1955 – JULY 1957.

HE IS SURVIVED BY THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, MARTHA, HIS 3 CHILDREN D’ANN (PAUL), TANYA (GENE), KEVIN (JENNIFER).  JERRY HAS 5 GRANDCHILDREN TONY (BRITTANY), SAMI, NIKKI, KYLE & BRIAN AND 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MAKAYLA, KYLEIGH, PAYTON, SADIE AND ANTHONY JR. HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND HIS BROTHER BILL (SUSIE) IN ADDITION TO MANY COUSINS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS. JERRY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER INEZ, FATHER JOHN AND HIS SISTER MARILYN.

AFTER HIS FAMILY, WHO ALWAYS CAME FIRST, HIS PASSION WAS FLYING.  JERRY WAS AN AVID PILOT AND FLEW FOR MANY POLITICIANS INCLUDING PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND MANY CELEBRITIES INCLUDING FARRAH FAUCET AND ROGER STAUBACH.  HE LOVED PRANKING HIS GRANDKIDS WHO ADORED THEIR PAPA.    

A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2023, AT 2PM AT THE CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS FUNERAL HOME LOCATED AT 9926 JONES ROAD HOUSTON, TX 77065 WITH A RECEPTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING. 

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY ASKS FOR DONATIONS TO BE MADE TO THE ALZHEIMER FOUNDATION IN JERRY’S NAME.

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