Martha Floyd Miller

Martha Eugenia Floyd Miller, 90 years old, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on September 29, 2026.

Martha was born July 6, 1936, at the home of her parents, Arthur Wilson Floyd, Sr. and Bessie Lee Floyd of Magee, MS. After graduating from Magee High School in 1954, she attended Mississippi College. She earned a degree in Mathematics in 1957. Hoping to travel the world, Martha joined the US Air Force. She was trained as a meteorologist in Austin, TX then assigned to Oxnard AFB as a weather forecaster.

She met Edgar R. Miller in Austin, TX on a blind date. They married on June 13, 1959, and raised four children, two sons and two daughters, in Los Angeles, CA and Huntsville, AL.

Martha and Edgar moved to Huntsville, AL in November 1962. She was an active member of the Westbury Garden Club, local PTAs, Madison County Democratic Women, AAUW, DAR, and Gothic Guild. Martha was passionate about the education of children and was elected to the Board of Education of the Huntsville City School System in 1980. She earned a certificate in Accounting so that she could better understand school finances. Martha served on the School Board from 1980 to 1994 and was President of the School Board from 1989 to 1991.

Martha's major hobbies were genealogy, travel, and reading. Through her research and extensive interviews of extended family, she was able to produce genealogies of her family and Edgar's family. She was an active correspondent with other genealogists for decades.

Martha was predeceased by her parents, her sister Dorris Floyd Herrington Mangum, her brother Arthur Wilson Floyd, Jr., her husband Edgar Ray Miller, her son John A. Miller and her daughter-in-law Amy Tillett Miller.

She is survived by her son Ed Miller (wife Maritza), daughter Leslie Miller Paschal (husband Cliff), daughter Suzanne Miller Ritterhoff (husband David), grandchildren Robert Ritterhoff (wife Lauren), Rachel Ritterhoff, Sam Miller, Carmen Segura (husband Juan), Jorge Galvez (wife Genny), Daniel Galvez (wife Amanda), great-grandchildren Emmanuel Amaya, Andrew Galvez, Joshua Serrano, Scotty Ritterhoff, Nora Ritterhoff, brother-in-law Max McMillon, eight nieces, and extended family.

A private family service will be held at Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, AL. Friends are invited to an informal reception from 2pm to 4pm on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at Homewood Suites, 714 Gallatin St SW, Huntsville, AL 35801.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Friends of the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library and Hospice of Marion County (FL).