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FCHS Band to dedicate
Senior Night to bandmate
By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com
Greg Miller battled cancer
throughout high school. This year, as he entered his senior year, he relapsed
and last Thursday he passed away.
As he was a member of the Fayette County High School band all four years,
his colleagues plan to honor him by dedicating their senior night performance
this Friday to him.
Miller moved to the area with his family in the seventh grade from Buffalo,
N.Y. He attended Fayette Middle School and joined the band, playing the
alto saxophone. Miller was also a member of the Beta Club in middle school.
He continued playing in the band when he went to high school and was part
of the band’s trip to Sydney, Australia, for the 2000 Olympics. Miller
attended band camp this summer, knowing he was having a relapse, but was
unable to march his spot this year.
“Greg really wanted to march this year,” said Band Director
Kenny Beard. “He wasn’t able to, but not because he wasn’t
willing to try.”
The band has kept Miller’s spot open this year and will not put anyone
in it.
In addition to his participation with the band, Miller was a member of
a local bowling league and was very active in the Providence Missionary
Baptist Chuch youth group. He was vice president of the youth group and
also won the group’s Youth of the Year Award.
There will be a Homecoming Celebration today at noon at the church, 2295
Benjamin E. Mays Dr., Atlanta.
The band’s performance will come at halftime of Fayette County’s
home game against Riverdale this Friday at 7:30 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to The Brain Tumor Foundation
for Children, 1835 Savoy Dr., Suite 316, Atlanta, Ga. 30341.
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