Lee Roy Miller, 96, of Greenhill Drive, Butler Township, died at 9:17 p.m. Sunday at the Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born April 11, 1910, on his family's farm in Worth Township, he was the son of Brice S. and Cora Gerlach Miller.

A graduate of Slippery Rock High School and Slippery Rock State Teachers College, he had taught school at Princeton, Lawrence County; and in the Karns City school districts. He had been an associate salesman for Hays and Hartzell Reality for 20 years.

Mr. Miller was a member of the Hill United Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder emeritus and trustee and held many other offices.

He was active in 4-H, particularly in the potato and dairy clubs. He received the Century 4-H Award as the oldest living 4-H male in Butler County through the Extension Office's Vocational Agriculture program at Slippery Rock High School. He won first place in Holstein judging at Penn State University, which gave him a free trip to the National Dairy Show in Memphis, Tenn. He also received an honorary degree from the Future Farmers of America at Harrisburg.

He was the first secretary-treasurer of the Butler County National Farm Loan Association, now Farm Credit, and served as general manager of seven counties for 40 years. He was secretary-treasurer of Butler County Potato Growers Association for 10 years. He was association director of Butler County Soil Conservation District and was a charter member of Butler County Junior Chamber of Commerce, where he chaired the Agriculture Committee.

Mr. Miller was the last surviving founder of the Butler Farm Show and received the third Butler City-Farm Banquet's Bullshipper Award. He was a member of Farm-City Club of Pittsburgh and was an original director of Butler County Foundation Endowment Fund.

He also belonged to the YMCA's M.O.R.A. Club, where he was vice president emeritus.

He was treasurer of Future Farmers of America Development Foundation for 40 years and treasurer of FFAScholarship Fund. He was an 82-year member of Pennsylvania State Grange and National Grange and also belonged to the Worth and Unionville granges.

Surviving are his wife, Gloria McCollough Miller, whom he married April 2, 1955; a daughter, Mrs. John C. (Nancy) Daum of Butler; two sons, William Miller and his wife, Cyndi, and Chuck Miller and his wife, Denise, all of Butler; and eight grandchildren, Erica Baughman and Corey, Kate, Austin, Danielle, Deanna, Dana and Devanne Miller.

He was preceded in death by four sisters, a brother, and his first wife, Valgene Megan.

<B>MILLER </B>— Friends of Lee Roy Miller, who died Sunday, July 16, 2006, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St. There will also be visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Hill United Presbyterian Church where services will follow at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Clark Sawyer officiating. Entombment will follow in the Chapel of All Faiths, Butler County Memorial Park, Butler Township.Memorial contributions may be made to the Hill United Presbyterian Church, 501 Second St., Butler, PA 16001; or to the Butler County Community College Education Foundation, P.O. Box 1203, Butler, PA 16003-1203.Information also is available at www.thompson-miller.com.