Former Georgia Governor Zell Miller dies at 86, public invited to memorial services

YOUNG HARRIS — The public will have a chance to pay their respects to Zell Miller in his Northeast Georgia hometown starting Monday, March 26.

The Miller Institute Foundation announced three days of services for the former Georgia governor, and U.S. senator who died Friday morning at the age of 86.

Below are the services to celebrate the Miller’s life and legacy:

Monday, March 26th

A public Memorial Service will take place at 10:00 am on the campus of Young Harris College in Glenn-McGinnis Hall, located in the Clegg Fine Arts Building.

The Clegg building is located at 1 College Street in Miller’s hometown of Young Harris.

Tuesday, March 27th

A Celebration of Life Service will take place at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in Atlanta at 11:00 am.

After this memorial service, Gov. Miller and family will travel to the State Capitol, where he will lie in state in the Rotunda of the Georgia State Capitol for the remainder of the day.

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

The Executive State Funeral Service will be held in the Rotunda of the Georgia State Capitol at 11:00 am.

All these events are open to the public.

Miller served as Georgia’s governor from 1991 to 1999. He was Georgia’s U.S. Senator from 2000 to 2005. Miller’s tenure as governor included the creation of the HOPE scholarship program, which uses lottery funds to help students pay for college tuition.