Millers Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary

2009-07-01 / Social & Community News

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Miller, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Miller, Sr. Edward G. Miller, Sr. and Loretta Hagins Miller celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary 4P.M. June 8, 2009 at the Mulberry Inn in Savannah.

Over one hundred forty guests attended the celebration.

Juanita Quinn Jackson served as mistress of ceremony, and Reverend Desmond Walker, pastor, Butler Memorial Presbyterian Church, delivered the invocation.

Remarks were made by Rosalie Holmes Stroman, cousin of the bride; Prince A. Jackson, Jr., friend of the couple; and Gregory Hagins, brother of the bride.

Edward G. Miller, Jr. introduced his parents to the guests.

Hostesses for the occasion were Juanita W. Elmore, Constance H. Cooper, Eddie Lee Marsh, Mary Simmons, and Simone Hagins.

The Millers were married 1 p. m. June 8, 1959 by Reverend Amos Eugene Hagins, Sr., pastor, and uncle of the bride, at St. Paul Baptist Church on Waters Avenue and Culver Street.

Amos Eugene Hagins, Jr., cousin of the bride, was musician for the ceremony.

George W. Miller (deceased) brother of the groom was best man, and Rosalie Holmes Stroman, first cousin of the bride, was maid of honor.

Edward G. Miller, Sr. worked as a manager of Herbert Kayton and Simon Frazier Housing projects for the Housing Authority of Savannah. Later he served as a teacher, coach, and principal in the Savannah/Chatham Public School System.

Currently, he serves as administrator for the Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care, Incorporated.

Loretta Hagins Miller worked for many years as a case worker for the Chatham County Department of Family and Children Services.

She ended her career as training program administrator at Georgia Regional Hospital in Savannah, Georgia.

The Millers and Edward G. Miller, Jr., their son, are graduates of Savannah State University.

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