John Carrol Miller

October 9, 1930 - July 25, 2020

Services for John Carrol Miller, Sr. will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at Pisgah Baptist Church, Forest Hill, with Rev. Johnny Miller and Rev. Dobie Perkins officiating. Interment will follow in Alexandria Memorial Gardens under the direction of John Kramer & Son Funeral Home. Visitation will be held at the church beginning on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, from 4:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. and will resume on Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. until time of service. John Carrol Miller, Sr., 89, of Forest Hill, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2020, at his residence. He is preceded in death by his parents, Isaac Carrol and Willie Mae Miller, his sister and her husband, Eleanor and Bill Cranford. John was born in Lecompte, Louisiana on October 9, 1930. He attended elementary school in Woodworth, Louisiana, and graduated from Lecompte High School in 1947. John graduated from Louisiana College in 1951, and went on to get his Masters degree at LSU and his +30 in education at NSU. He taught school for 42 years, teaching in Iowa, Louisiana for two years, and for 40 years at Oak Hill High School, retiring in 1994. John coached Track, Cross Country, and summer league Baseball. He was the assistant coach for the youth Gunter Egg Farm Football team. John was inducted into the LHSAA Coaches Hall of Fame and received the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also inducted into the LC Coaches Hall of Fame. John was a deacon at Pisgah Baptist Church for 60+ years. He had a passion for spreading the word of Christ and went on several mission trips including Belize and Mexico. Those left to cherish his memory include his wife of 69 years, Lois Miller of Forest Hill; three children, Marjorie Lois Miller of Forest Hill, John C Miller, Jr. and his wife Dianna of Elmer, and Isaac Miller of Forest Hill; two grandsons, Justin C. Miller and his fiancé Amelia of Ruston, and Benjamin E. Miller of Elmer; his nephew William C. Cranford and his wife Sally of Woodworth; and his nieces Linda Hickman and her husband Bobbie of Lecompte, and Cheryl Van Hoof and her husband Buddy of Woodworth. Pallbearers honored to serve will be Justin Miller, Benjamin Miller, Bobbie Hickman, Willie Cranford, Buddy Van Hoof, and Raymond Rollins. Honorary pallbearers will be Doug Rollins, Bro. Dean Gunter, and Billy Pilgrim. The family requests that everyone in attendance wear a mask due to health concerns.