Maurice (Buddy) Miller

MAURICE (BUDDY) ALLEN MILLER 42 OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS DIED SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4 IN COPPERAS COVE. HE WAS BORN DECEMBER 27, 1968 IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA TO THE UNION OF JAMES E. MILLER JR AND HARLYNN ROBERTS. HE RETIRED FROM THE US NAVY WHERE HE SERVED AS A SEABEE AND WAS AN IRAQ WAR VETERAN. HIS MILITARY AWARDS INCLUDES THE SEA SERVICE DEPLOYMENT RIBBON (3), JOINT MERITORIOUS AWARD, HUMANTARIAN SERVICE MEDAL (2), GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL (2), PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, BATTLE "E" RIBBON, GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY MEDAl, 9MM SHARPSHOOTER RIBBON, RIFLE EXPERT MEDAL. HE WAS A BAPTIST. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON RICHARD MILLER OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS SISTER CATHY MILLER-YOST OF KILLEEN, TEXAS, BROTHERS THOMAS MILLER OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS AND BOB SUMMERS OF WACO, TEXAS, MOTHER AND STEP-FATHER OLEN & HARLYNN THOMPSON OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS, FATHER JAMES E. MILLER, JR. OF WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, UNCLE EDWARD ROBERTS OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS ALSO SURVIVE. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A BROTHER, JAMES MILLER. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9 AT SHEPPARD FUNERAL HOME FROM 6 - 8 PM. SERVICES WILL BE 10:00 AM SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 AT SHEPPARD FUNERAL HOME WITH REV. ANDY PAPSON OFFICIATING. PRIVATE BURIAL WILL BE HELD MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12 AT THE CENTRAL TEXAS STATE VETERANS CEMETERY IN KILLEEN WITH NAVY HONORS.