George Manley Miller was born on October 10, 1950, in El Reno, OK to Clyde and Violet Miller. George grew up in a small country church and gave his life to the Lord as a young boy. As a child, he felt God call him to serve as a missionary. He always loved missionary services and felt "homesick" when he heard missionaries speak. George attended Bethany Nazarene College, where he received a degree in biology. It was at BNC where he met and married Nancy Sides, who had also felt called to missions as a young child. In the first few years of their marriage, George graduated from college, they had two children, and they moved two times, finally settling in Carnegie, OK, where George worked as a lab and x-ray tech at the hospital. He also became an actively involved layman in the Carnegie Church of the Nazarene and got involved in the Gideon organization. During their early years in Carnegie, George and Nancys application to the World Mission Department was not accepted, and George always said, "We were missionary rejects." He continued to try to fill his longing for the mission field by serving his local church and going on short term mission trips to the Dominican Republic and Swaziland. It was as a counselor at boys and girls camp where George was sanctified completely. God gave George three tasks: 1) He was to work towards ordination and start a childrens church in Carnegie. 2) He was to pray for his wayward brother because God was going to save him. And 3) He was to make sure his house and affairs were in order because God was going to send his family to the mission field. As was Georges custom, he obeyed God wholeheartedly, and God was faithful. God called George and Nancy to Papua New Guinea in 1989. They packed up their house and took their four children to PNG, where they served for ten years. George worked in the hospital, started a school to train lab techs, and planted a church at the local coffee plantation. While on his second furlough from PNG, George finished his course work that he lacked for ordination and was ordained as an elder in the Church of the Nazarene. The church then asked him if he would go to the Solomon Islands to be the District Superintendent. He may be the only elder in the Church of the Nazarene who was a DS before he was a pastor. George and Nancy faithfully loved and served the people of the Solomon Islands for fifteen years. The last eighteen months of their missionary career, George and Nancy were in the Philippines, where George served as the chaplain at a Nazarene school in Baguio. They loved the time they spent there, and their Filipino friends were so helpful in caring for Nancy when she got sick. George retired from his missionary career in 2015 and was looking forward to spending time with grandkids. He ended up spending most of the next few years providing care for Nancy as her health gradually declined, and she passed away in 2018. George found love again and married Jeanne Martin in 2019. Their combined family grew to eight children and 32 grandchildren. Somehow, they found time for everyone. George and Jeanne enjoyed traveling, spending time with their family, and playing games. Retirement didnt last long as they were asked to pastor the Carnegie Church of the Nazarene in 2020. George loved serving as the pastor with Jeanne by his side. George was preceded in death by his parents, Clyde & Violet Miller; his brother, Rev. Wesley Miller; his wife, Nancy; his infant daughter; and his granddaughter, Natalie. He is survived by his wife Jeanne; daughters, Gloria (Scott) Nelson and Tiffany (Josh) Stout; sons, Greg (Wendy) Miller, Geoff (Churie) Miller, Gary (Beth) Miller, Eric (Nicole) Templeton, Mark Martin and Aaron (Jenni) Martin; 32 grandchildren; 2 great-grandsons; many nieces, nephews, cousins; and a multitude of friends around the world. . Visitation with Family Present Mercer-Adams Funeral Service Thursday, June 01, 2023 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 3925 North Asbury Avenue Bethany, OK 73008 Funeral Service The Fellowship at Western Oaks Friday, June 02, 2023 10:00 AM 7901 N.W. 16th St. Oklahoma City, OK 73127