Mineola residents said Miller had lived there likely since the 1980s. City administrator David Stevenson said Miller served on a handful of town boards and commissions and came to him for advice on obtaining a reverse mortgage.
“He always wanted to be active in the community … always wanting to help,” Stevenson said. “I don’t know anything bad or negative about him.”
He also was a deacon at a local Baptist church, the U.S. Marshals said.
Linda Smith, manager at the wood treatment plant where Miller worked, said she remembered him going on disability after an accident at the plant in the 1980s. Smith described him as “a nice, friendly gentleman.”