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 [...]

June started with a trip to Ocean City, the town where I grew up and began my life with Renee. The beach town will always hold a special place for me, I remember my youth fondly and am thrilled see the next generation enjoy the area as much as I did. Overall the trip was [...]

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.

I wrote earlier in the month on the eve of the first anniversary nobody wants to remember but one that no one in my circle of family and friends will ever forget. First I wrote about it then I lived it. Here’s how it went. I had talked to the older children about getting together [...]

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 [...]

Status hearings in the cases against confessed murderer Kenneth Erick Waldrop and his friend Jonathan Michael Brown, charged as an accessory to the crime, were held in Monroe County Criminal Court on Monday, January 25th.
To give you an idea of how miserable it is to attend one of these hearings here is a bit of [...]

How were the holidays at Mapleshade Farm ?
Our first Christmas without Renee was very difficult. I knew it was going to be rough but it turned out to be much harder than I ever expected. I’ve written before about how festive Renee was and how much she loved the holiday season. Our home was [...]

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 [...]

Jonathan Michael Brown, 26 of Delano, TN was indicted by the Monroe County Grand Jury in its November session. He is being held in the county jail on $25,000 bond. Jamie and Jeremy Miller attended the  November 16th arraignment in General Sessions Court.  Click this link to read the  Advocate and Democrat [...]