The Greenville News, (Greenville SC), 17 April 1964, Fri, pg 16
Lonnie D. Miller
UNION – Lonnie David Miller, 79, of 113 Lybrand St., died at Wallace Thomson Hospital Thursday at 4:30 a.m. after a sudden illness.
Native of Union County, son of the late Steven D. and Georgia Ann Robinson Miller, he was a retired textile worker and a member of the Church of Christ.
Surviving are seven daughters, Mrs. Guynelle Haney of Buffalo, Mrs. Geneva Mingee, Mrs. Ruby [F]emenella, Mrs. Frances Flataussis and Mrs. Doris Lawson of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Hazel Graham of Columbia and Mrs. Betty Harris of Norfolk, Va.; three sons, Lewis D., Frank D. and Sam J. Miller of Las Vegas, Nev.; two sisters, Miss Agatha Miller of Union and Mrs. Dora Tracey of Rt. 5, Union; 24 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Church of Christ on the Duncan By-pass by Milton S. Parker and Rev. Reginald K. Smith. Burial will be in Cook Baptist Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Pete D. Head, Jesse Ham Sr., Walter Akers, Leslie Kingsmore, Bill Mitchell and Billy Ray.
After 3 p.m. Friday the body will be at the home of Mrs. Haney in Buffalo and will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Saturday. S. R. Holcombe Funeral Home is in charge.
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1920 U.S. Fed Census of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Leone [Lonnie] Miller, 37, [sic-29] weaver at cotton mill; wife, Eva 23;
Children: Guynella 7; Lewis 4; Frank 2; Geneva 4 months

1930 U.S. Fed Census of Beech Springs, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Lonnie Miller, 39, farmer; wife, Eva M. 34;
Children: GuyNella 17; Louis D. 15; Frank B. 13; Geneva 11; Sam J. 9; Ruby G. 7; Hazel L. 5; Frances V. 9 months.

The Greenville News (Greenville SC), Thur, Feb 27, 1936, pg 3
CHARGE HUSBAND KILLED HIS WIFE
Union County Man Alleged To Have Shot Her In Head With Gun
UNION, Feb 26. - L. D. Miller, 52, Union county farmer of the Coleraine section is alleged instantly to have killed his wife by emptying the contents of a single barrel shotgun in her head at their home about nine miles west of Union about noon today. The cause of the alleged slaying is not known. It is said that only two small children of the family of 12 were at home when the shooting occurred. Miller has been lodged in the county jail here.

The Columbia Record (Columbia SC), Thur, Feb. 27, 1936, pg 17
UNION FARMER GIVES SELF UP AFTER KILLING
UNION, Feb. 27 - Lonnie D. Miller, 52-year old Union county farmer, has given himself up to officers and is being held in Union county jail charged with the murder of his wife at their home in the Coleraine section Wednesday.
Immediately after the killing neighbors told officers that Miller was going to Union to give himself up to the sheriff. He was picked up by friends and brought to the jail.
The sheriff's office reported this morning that Miller had been acting "queer" since his confinement.

The State (Columbia SC), Thur, 27 February 1936, pg 7
MILLER IS HELD FOR UXORICIDE
Union Farmer and Mill Operative Quoted as Admitting Slaying.
Union, Feb. 26 – L. D. Miller, 45, operative in Buffalo mills, but residing with his family on a farm in the upper section of Union county, shot and instantly killed his wife about noon today. The weapon, a single barrel shotgun, was fired at close range, the load entering just below the right ear and passing out through the left eye.
There were no eye witnesses save two small children in a family of ten. After shooting his wife, Miller still carrying the gun, started away from the home, met a neighbor, who quoted him as crying:
"I have just killed my wife. Arrest me. I guess I'm crazy."
He was brought to Union and turned over to the sheriff. A coroner's jury found that Mrs. Miller "came to her death from gunshot wounds at the hands of L. D. Miller." He was lodged in jail here.

The State (Columbia SC), Thur, 21 May 1936, pg 1
TWO SENTENCED TO LIFE TERMS
L. D. Miller, White, and Frank Rice, Negro, Tried for Murder
Union, May 20 – L. D. Miller, white, and Frank Rice, Negro, were sentenced to life on the chain-gang by Judge E. C. Dennis, presiding over court of general sessions here this afternoon. Both were tried on charges of murder.
Only a few minutes were consumed in the trial of the two men. Miller was tried for the murder of his wife in Gogansville township a few weeks ago….

The Columbia Record (Columbia SC), Thur, 4 January 1945, pg 2
Clemencies: L. D. Miller, sentenced in Union in May 1936, paroled. [Jan 2, 1945.]

The Herald (Rock Hill SC), Saturday, 5 September 1953, pg 6 Excerpts
3 Paroles Approved
COLUMBIA – Three paroles and one pardon have been approved by the State Probation, Parole and Pardon Board this week…
Pardoned to restore full citizenship rights was L. D. Miller of Union, who was paroled in 1945 by the then Gov. Olin D. Johnston. Miller got life in 1936 on a murder charge.
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One more child was born after the 1930 census. At the time of Eva's death there were actually three small children left at home. Three of those children (Frances, Hazel and Betty) were living with the Allen family and listed as 'lodgers' on the 1940:
1940 U.S. Fed Census of Blythewood, Richland, South Carolina
Hiriam Allen 52; Annie L. 44, wife; Children: Hiriam 18; Ann G. 9; and Samuel L. Allen, 61, brother; Mittie Allen 59, sister; Hazel MILLER 14; Frances Miller 11 and Betty Miller 9, All 3 Miller's listed as Lodgers.

NOTE - One more daughter mentioned in Lonnie's obit, Doris Lawson, cannot be located. She was referred to as Doris Campbell living in Los Angeles CA in 2002 on her sister, Guynella's, obit.

1940 U.S. Fed Census of Union County, South Carolina
Union County Home
Lonnie Miller, 59, b. SC, widowed, completed 2nd grade elem school
[NOTE - This is when L.D. was incarcerated.]