The officers and members of the Jacksonville Retired Firefighter Association are saddened to report that

Retired JFRD Firefighter Claude Ray Miller passed away Wednesday December 04, 2019.

He was hired in 1971 and retired in 1983 serving 12 years of service.

Claude was born on November 5, 1934 and passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2019. He served in the U.S. Navy for 22 years and also worked for the fire department in Jacksonville, FL for 15 years. Interment in Rafter Friends Cemetery with military honors provided by the U.S. Navy, V.F.W. The family received friends 10-11 a.m. Saturday December 07, 2019 at Biereley-Hale Funeral Home, Tellico Plains, Tennessee.