Gordon Wayne Miller Jr.

Gordon Wayne Miller Jr., 50, of Mountain Brook, Alabama, passed away peacefully on January 12, 2018. Wayne was the son of Marcia Wilkins Miller and the late Gordon Wayne Miller Sr., and the son-in-law of Carlton Terrell Wynn Jr. and the late Melinda Ellen Wynn. Wayne was born in Birmingham, Alabama on March 2, 1967. He attended Brookwood Forest Elementary School and graduated from Briarwood High School in 1985 where he was Senior Class Favorite. He attended Auburn University and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

After college, he returned to Birmingham where he worked for his father at Miller Sales Company. In 1997, he and his brother started Miller Valve & Controls, Inc., a successful valve distributorship located in Homewood, Alabama. In 1999, he married Molly Heather Wynn at Covenant Presbyterian Church where he was a member for 18 years. He was an outstanding father to his son, Lawton Terrell Miller and his daughter, Sally Anne Miller. After his daughter Sally was born with Down Syndrome in 2007, he became involved with The Bell Center for Early Intervention where he served on the board as a member and as president.

He is survived by his wife, Molly; children, Lawton and Sally; mother, Marcia; brothers, Lawton Price Miller and Stuart Beauregard Miller. Wayne was a loving uncle to many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Dr. Martin Heslin, whose compassionate care greatly improved Wayne's quality of life in his cancer battle over the last 5 years.

Services will be held at Briarwood Presbyterian Church on Thursday, January 18 at 11:00 a.m. with reception and visitation following.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to The Bell Center or The Reed Foundation, which directly funds Dr. Heslin's gastrointestinal cancer research.