Gene M. Miller

January 5, 1929 – September 2, 2024

Gene Meredith Miller, age 95, of Auburn, Alabama died September 2, 2024. Born January 5, 1929 in Effingham, Illinois and raised in Springfield, Illinois, Gene had been a resident of Auburn, Alabama since 2003 and formerly 35 years in Atlanta, Georgia.

He retired from Equifax Corporate Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia, in January 1990 after 33 years of service. He was a member of the Associated Credit Bureaus of America National Education Committee and an instructor of credit bureau management at the Credit Bureau and Merchant Association Management Institutes at The University of North Carolina, The University of Georgia and Florida State University. He was a Certified Associate of MDOR, The Institute for Managerial Development and Organizational Research, Los Angeles. He was a United States Navy veteran of 9 years, Petty Officer First Class serving from 1948 to 1957 in various roles including plane captain on PBM and P5M Flying Boats, flight engineer with the first "hurricane hunters," testing air to air radar, and serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Tarawa.

Gene and Doris Elaine Rankin first met in Orlando Florida at the home of Doris' sister Joyce. It was truly "love at first sight," and then "in love forever." They were married just seven months later, in February 1958, by Doris' father, Reverend H. P. Rankin in Orlando. They moved frequently to several Equifax branch office cities where he served as manager of offices in Orlando, Miami, and West Palm Beach, Florida, and Anniston, Alabama before he became regional manager and later assistant vice president at Equifax corporate headquarters in Atlanta. They were tennis enthusiasts at Brittany Tennis and Swim Club in Atlanta where they developed close friendships, traveling with friends for "tennis weekends," and later ocean cruises and travel abroad. Through the years Gene and Doris enjoyed traveling as a couple, visiting most of the states in the US, including Alaska and Hawaii, as well as the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canadian Provinces, Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Cruises, England, Italy, Switzerland, Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

Gene is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Doris Rankin Miller; son Markham C. Miller and wife Kirsten, their children Sylvan, Kelly, and AnnElise of Eden Prairie, Minnesota; daughter Laura L. Miller and husband Peter Lerwill of Auburn, Alabama and their daughter Alexis Nguyen of Houston, Texas; daughter Dara L. Miller and her children Madelaine Duggan and Connor Duggan of Auburn, Alabama; sister-in-law, Charlotte Harris; three nieces, two nephews, and special caregiver, Amy Creamer.

Gene was a member of The American Legion and a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. A service of Christian burial will take place at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Auburn, Alabama on Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 2:00 pm. The family will greet guests at a reception in the parish hall immediately following the service. A private graveside service will be held at Town Creek Cemetery later in the day.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the East Alabama Food Bank or to Disabled American Veterans.