User:Willard1970/E. C. Miller

'''Elbert Columbus "E.C." Miller''' (born October 16,1935) was a singer, songwriter, music teacher, radio and television performer, BCMA's Leon Kiser award winner, producer of several CD's, and a self taught musician who is known for his work in Bluegrass Music as a master three-finger style player of the five-string banjo. E.C. had his own line of banjos. E.C. taught Bluegrass music at Eastern Tennessee State Univeersity from 1997 to 2012. E.C. played across the United States, in Cuba, San Juan, and Puerto Rico. E.C. bought a banjo off of Earl Scruggs and was later invited to Scruggs home.

E.C. was the oldest of John Herbert Miller and Marie Andrews Miller's ten Children. He was born approximately one mile from the bridge in a house near the Elk River.

E.C. had twin boys, Chris and Chad E.C. was also preceded in death by a son Eric Miller.

Obituary and Death
E.C. Miller died on Sunday, March 25, 2012 in the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital after having an extended illness. E.C. was from Elizabethton, TN and he was 76 years old at his death. E.C. had shared banjo playing music with students for more than fifty years. E.C. Miller had retired from North American Rayon Corporation after twenty-nine years of service. E.C. was also a member of the Elk Mills Christian Church.

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