Zell Miller: Difference between revisions

Miller was born in the small mountain town of [[Young Harris, Georgia]]. His father, Stephen Grady Miller (1891–1932),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Stephen-Grady-Miller/6000000019609568673|title=Stephen Grady Miller|publisher=Geni}}</ref> was a teacher who died of cerebral [[meningitis]]<ref name="WP obit"/> when Miller was a 17-day-old infant,<ref name="NYT obit"/> and the future politician was raised by his widowed mother, Birdie Bryan (1893–1980).<ref name=PENS>Blackwood, Harris: [http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/archives/1610/ "Zell pens history of Young Harris, signs copies of new book today"] Gainesville Times, December 11, 2007</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Birdie-Miller/6000000019609848644|title=Birdie Miller|publisher=Geni}}</ref> He had an elder sister, Jane, who was six years older than he.<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref name="WP obit"/> As a child, Miller lived both in Young Harris and [[Atlanta]]. Miller received an [[associate degree]] from [[Young Harris College]] in his home town<ref name="UGAObit">{{cite web|url=https://news.uga.edu/uga-mourns-passing-zell-miller/|title=University mourns passing of Zell Miller - UGA Today|date=March 23, 2018}}</ref> and later attended [[Emory University]].<ref name="NYT obit"/>