Vance Miller - Artist Info

About Vance Miller

Name variants

J Vance Miller, James Vance Miller
  • Biography

    The following information was submitted in April of 2006 by Wendy Sayers Reed, a granddaughter of the artist:

    J. Vance Miller (1912-2002)

    Personal Information:
    Born: November 12, 1912, Princeton, West Virginia.
    He was the third of six children to James Arthur and Eva Maude Miller.
    Vance married Elizabeth Sue Ellis (Libby) February 13, 1935 at the age of 22, whom he met in grade school.

    In the 1930's Vance became a salesman for the Maytag Corporation. In 1943 he moved the family to Baltimore to help work on ships to participate in the war effort. After the war, they returned to Princeton, West Virginia where he worked as an appliance salesman until 1955.

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