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                           OA Online Obituaries. 
                                      
                             February 07, 2000
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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     ODESSA — On Saturday, Feb. 5, 2000, Brother Paul Jones Miller
          went home to be with Jesus, after two weeks of illness.
                                      
    Brother Paul was born Nov. 1, 1919, in Bokchito, Okla. After serving
     in the U. S. Air Force during World War II, Brother Paul attended
      Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene. He graduated in 1947 with
           master’s degrees in Bible, history and sociology.
                                      
    In August of 1949, Trinity Baptist Church in Odessa invited Brother
     Paul to preach. After one Sunday’s message, the church called
                      Brother Paul to be their pastor.
                                      
    On the first Sunday, in September of 1949, Brother Paul moved to the
    southside of Odessa and began serving the Lord he loved with all his
      heart. Brother Paul was the Church’s only pastor until his
       passing at the age of 80 years. On Sept. 5, 1999, Brother Paul
     celebrated 50 years of faithful service at Trinity Baptist Church.
                                      
     Brother Paul began the Head Start Program, providing space in the
     church’s old church building rent-free until Head Start moved
              into its permanent facilities on South Grant St.
                                      
    Brother Paul received the Book of Golden Deeds award from the Odessa
   Exchange Club in honor of his many years of humanitarian service among
      Odessa’s poor and needy. In 1947 Hardin-Simmons University
      awarded Brother Paul the Minter Medal for attaining the highest
                 scholarship average in all the University.
                                      
    Brother Paul helped hundreds of people acquire American Citizenship.
     Even though he never married, Brother Paul provided a home to more
                           than a dozen children.
                                      
      Brother Paul is survived by son, Billy Paul Miller of Arlington;
    brother, Don Miller of Odessa, sisters, Lometa Doss of Vera, Dorothy
   Bean of Odessa, Wanell Gore of Odessa, Doris Rice of Marbel Falls, Sue
                           Forrest of Kerrville.
                                      
     Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. today, Feb. 7, 2000, at
   Trinity Baptist Church, I222 S. Jackson Ave., with Brother Wes Duckett
      officiating. Interment will follow in Odessa Cemetery under the
                  direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
                                      
     In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to Gideons International.
                                      
             Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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