Larry Gene Miller, Jr. aka "Rebel", age 47 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Saturday, May 19, 2007 near Warsaw, Missouri in a tragic accident. Memorial services will be 11:00 A.M., Thursday at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. Family will receive friends one hour before the service at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to the Larry G. Miller, Jr. Memorial Fund and may be left at the Hawthorn Bank of Clinton or the funeral home.

Larry was born September 11, 1959 in Kansas City, Missouri and grew up in Belton, Missouri. After graduating from Belton High School he enlisted in the U. S. Army and served in Italy for the next three years. After returning home he married Vikki Oman in Kansas City and they moved to the Clinton area. He worked a number of years for Hilty Quarrys as a foreman. In 2003 he started working for the Federal Government. After attending school in West Virginia, he taught Mine Inspection and traveled all over the United State teaching seminars. He was stationed in Topeka, Kansas. He was converted and baptized in the Belton Baptist Church when he was a young man. He was a member of the Clinton Elks Lodge, the American Legion in Clinton and was a member of the Wingmen Motorcycle Club of Devils Elbow, Missouri.

Larry and his father were avid deer hunters. They always looked forward to the season for their special time together and his mother and wife often accompanied them. Besides his family, Larry loved to ride his motorcycle, and go out on the lake with this wife on their boat. Anyone who ever met Larry, Jr. knew he was a special man that touched people in many ways. He will be missed.

He is survived by his wife, Vikki of the home; his parents, Larry and Carol Miller of Clinton; two sisters, Christina Miller and companion, John Kotalik of Bates City, Missouri and Theresa Schmidt and husband, Phillip (Pete) of North Kansas City, Missouri; his grandmother, Ina Julian of Clinton; four nephews, Gary Allen, Adam Gene, Kurtis Julian and Travis Joe; one niece, Stacy Ann. These children were Larry, Jr. and Vikki's pride and joy. He is also survived by three uncles, Skip Miller, Gary Miller and Mike Julian and two aunts, Debra Landrath and Jean Julian Hedges as well as several cousins and many close friends.