Obituaries:  William Max Miller, Sabine, Vernon Parish       M-460
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 16, 1973
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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William Max Miller

  William Max Miller, 42, of Hornbeck, an employee of State Police
Troop H in Leesville, was killed instantly at 2:49 p.m.,
Wednesday, Aug. 8, in an accident during rain, about two and one
half miles south of Hornbeck, on U. S. Hwy. 171.

  State Police said the accident occurred when a refrigerator
truck, driven by Billy Joe Murdock Jr., 25, of Hooks, Texas, went
out of control, crossed over into the opposite lane, and turned
over onto the pickup Miller was driving. Murdock was not injured.

  Vernon Parish Coroner, Dr. S. J. Jones, pronounced Miller dead
at the scene of the accident at 3:20 p.m.

  Services for Miller were conducted Friday, Aug. 10, at 2 p.m.,
at Antioch Baptist Church in Florien, with the Rev. Willie Rae
Curtis, and the Rev. Bobby McCullough officiating. Burial was in
Antioch Cemetery, under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home.

  Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Miller of
Hornbeck; and one sister, Mrs. Ray Curtis of Springhill.

  The fatality was the 14th for Vernon Parish this year.