Renee Roissier Miller

July 1st – we can add yet another day of my life to the endless list of things the miserable bastard who slaughtered my beautiful wife stole from me. I spent the day in court listening to a hired legal gun parsing every syllable and attempting to split legal hairs in what, thankfully, turned out [...]

The 2009/10 Greenback School Yearbook contained the following memorial to Renee. Eight of her nine children are or have been students at Greenback. We are most grateful to Peggy Cagler and the staff at Greenback who chose to remember Renee.

It’s been almost a year since Renee was killed, how are you and the kids doing ?

This is by far the easiest question to ask, it is also the one I hear the most, and it is the hardest to answer honestly.  Most times I simply say, ” I’m doing OK ” particularly if the [...]

This is a much sadder than usual day for me.  Today is my 25th wedding anniversary and my first without my beautiful wife.  My work often took me away from Renee on our anniversary and so we would mark the occasion a week before or after the actual date depending on my schedule.  I have [...]

How was Thanksgiving at Mapleshade?
Our first Thanksgiving without Renee was hard. Renee LOVED holidays. She was a bundle of energy, singing and laughing while making sure the rest of us had a great day. Cooking and decorating the house were all things she excelled at. Her absence was very much felt by all.  Still, we [...]

Today, 11/12/2009, marks the 51st anniversary of the birth of a truly great person, Renee Roissier Miller.  It will also be the first time she isn’t here to participate in the event.  In keeping with this country’s tradition of celebrating great people’s lives on the date of their birth I thought I would create a [...]

Did getting the children back to school go well?
Actually, back-to-school for the kids really didn’t go very smoothly at all. Renee used to make a big deal out of taking the kids shopping for school clothes and other supplies. Joannie and I took the kids out and attempted to have some sense of excitement around [...]

What about the Children’s Fund?
Let me start by saying that I am moved to tears at the generosity and efforts of so many people who have helped my children. Knowing all these people cared enough to share their time and money has really helped me in a lot of ways – not just financial – [...]

A Monroe County, Tennessee Grand Jury met on June 11th and took only a matter of hours to return an indictment against Kenneth Erick Waldrop.  The first degree murder charges were read when Waldrop was arraigned in Monroe County Criminal Court on Monday, June 22nd.
Read the full story in the Daily Advocate and Democrat.

Renee Slideshow
This slideshow was prepared by Renee’s sister, Suzi Isrealsson of Bethel, Alaska, with some help from Jamie’s sister, Cathie, and her husband, Fred Fagerstrom.   The music includes some of Renee’s favorites and was selected by Joannie.  Variations on this show were played at Renee’s services in Tennessee and the memorial fundraiser in Ocean City. [...]