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(1932–2025)
Born in Sanford NC, the 11th of 12 children. He attended and played football for Elon College then was drafted and sent to Germany, where he served in the 14th Armored Cavalry. He returned to NC in 1955 and graduated from NC State’s School of Design. After graduation, Miller began his own architecture firm, Jerry Miller Associates, which became the largest home designer in the Carolinas. He built a split-level house in the new Greenwood Forest community for his growing family, with wife Alice Jean and two daughters, Julie and Jill. When a recession hit in the 1980's he turned to art, creating drawings of buildings across the state. He created an expansive body of work that included hundreds of pen & ink drawings and watercolor paintings. He is one of the 1977 founders of the Cary Lazy Daze festival. In 1966 he brought the Parade of Homes to Raleigh. His paintings were commissioned for the former, Vice President George W. Bush and President Ronald Reagan and selected to represent North Carolina in the White House.
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