FW: Brother's Obituary

Dear Prayer Partner,

Thank you for praying, The following is my Brothers Obituary from the funeral.

Obituary of Rev. C. Wesley Miller

{Note: People would think the C. Wesley was Charles Wesley, but Wes would say he was Clyde Wesley, the Redneck version}

Clyde Wesley Miller was born October 11, 1957 in El Reno, Oklahoma. He was the second son of Violet (VanGundy) Miller and Clyde Miller. He departed this life on April 1, 2009 in Caddo, Oklahoma. He attended Mountain View Elementary [Rural school NW of El Reno, OK], Darlington Elementary [This is really the same school district as Mt. View but they built a new building, relocated and renamed the school], El Reno High School, and Redlands Community College. He married Sara Lou Helt on January 31, 1976 and to this union two daughters were born.

Wesley’s father taught him early the value of honesty and hard work which serviced him well throughout his entire life. Everyone who worked with him knew that he was a hardworking dependable man. Wesley’s mother taught him early the value of prayer and did much to guide him into the man he would later become. Wesley and Sara made their home in the Darlington area where he worked at Evergreen Mills, Ft. Reno, in the oil field, and for the wildlife department at the Darlington State Game Farm.

Due to the dedicated prayer and fasting of his mother and brother, George, he found the Lord on April 6, 1984 [25 years to the day before his burial] at which time his whole life changed. He accepted the call into ministry and began his pastoral ministry at the Olivet Church of the Nazarene. He attended Southern Nazarene University and was ordained in 1991. He was chaplain at the Federal Penitentiary at El Reno, Oklahoma and his life was going great when he accepted a call to pastor at the Camp Creek Church of the Nazarene in 1994. He loved the Camp Creek area and people of Dewey County and he and Sara decided to buy a house and land so they could retire in the Webb area, south of Camp Creek. In 1999 he accepted a call to the Blackwell Church of the Nazarene and enjoyed some years of fruitful ministry there until 2003 when he returned to once again pastor the Camp Creek Church.

At this time he began his evangelistic ministry along with his pastoral duties at the Camp Creek Church. He soon became a well known evangelist and traveled all over the United States holding revivals, reaching countless people for the Lord. Wesley was country through and through with some of his favorite times being spent in the woods hunting, fishing, or just enjoying God’s earth. He loved to ride horses. He was an excellent artist and loved teaching these things to his children and grandkids. Rev. C. Wesley Miller was a man of prayer, having wisdom and common sense along with his knowledge and insight into the scriptures. He wrote two books and was working on a third at the time of his death. His wisdom and godliness led to being a valuable member of the district Church of the Nazarene, serving on the District Sunday School Board, the District Advisory Board, and the District Ministerial Studies Board. One of his most valued awards was the Eagle award given to him by the district for church growth because it represented not only members but people whom he had won to the Lord.

Wesley was preceded in death by his parents, Clyde and Violet Miller. He is survived by his wife, Sara, of the home; daughter, Christina and husband Bert Wagner of Botavia, New York; daughter, Sara Jane and husband Brian Hau of Henessey, Oklahoma; grandchildren, Luvena Wagner, Michael, Colton, Collin, and Alexis Hau; one brother, George Miller and wife Nancy, missionaries in the Solomon Islands; niece, Gloria (Miller) Nelson; nephews Greg, Geoffrey, and Gary Miller who were very close to Wesley, spending a great deal of time in their home while in high school and college; a number of other nieces and nephews and literally thousands of church family and friends.

Pastor Wesley never knew a stranger and everyone he met considered him a close friend and confidant. His passing will leave a void in the world that cannot be expressed. Wesley was truly a man of God.

George & Nancy Miller