A TIME TO BE BORN
MR. FRANKLYN "FRANKIE," "THE PLUMBER," DAVID MILLER WAS BORN IN NASSAU, BAHAMAS TO THE LATE DAVID AND PAULAMAE MILLER ON 1ST SEPTEMBER, 1958. HE WAS THE SECOND CHILD OF THAT UNION.

A TIME TO LEARN
FRANKIE AS HE WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AT ST. BEDE'S PRIMARY AND L.W. YOUNG SCHOOLS. UPON LEAVING SCHOOL HIS GRANDFATHER BETRAM FRASER TOOK HIM UNDER HIS WINGS AND TAUGHT HIM THE PLUMBING TRADE. HE CONTINUED THE PLUMBING TRADE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF HIS UNCLE ERNEST FRASER.
FRANKIE WAS EMPLOYED BY A NUMBER OF PLUMBING COMPANIES. HE LATER MOVED TO FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA AND WAS THE MAIN PLUMBER FOR THE KINGS INN STAFF QUARTERS. HE RETURNED TO NEW PROVIDENCE AND WAS AN ENTREPRENEUR. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT HE DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD DIABETES.
FRANKIE COMPLETED MANY JOBS IN AND OUT OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE FAMILY ISLANDS. HE WAS RESPECTED BY ALL HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH. HE WAS A KIND AND LOVING PERSON WHO PLACED OTHERS ABOVE SELF. EVEN FOR A PERIOD AS A SINGLE PARENT, HE DID HIS BEST BY PROVIDING FOR HIS CHILDREN

A TIME TO DIE
FRANKIE BATTLED DIABETES FOR MANY LONG YEARS. HE WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL IN APRIL 2015. HE SPOKE WITH HIS MOTHER ABOUT HIS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND GREAT EXPECTATIONS TO RETURN HOME, BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE. HE LOST THE BATTLE AND WENT TO ANOTHER HOME TO MEET HIS MAKER.