Bowker Biography:
Martha Miranda Miller

I was born in 1934 in Newark, Ohio, the second of three children, an older brother Joe, and a younger brother, Jimmy. We settled in Akron, Ohio, and then at 19 I moved to Florida when I married. My son and his family still live in Florida. Now live in South Carolina.

Mama started my brother and me on the marimba when I was but six, and Joe studied piano as well. Jimmy played the drums and our house was always 'noisy'. Music has been a major part of my whole life, it being almost a sanity savior at times, my being able to communicate my joys, sorrows, and troubles through my music. My younger brother Jimmy, passing away at 48 years of age, and my Mom and Dad, are all in heaven now, and my older brother lives in DC, now retired after 30 years with the Library of Congress copyright office in Washington DC. Both he and I stayed with the music and the music with us all these years, and thanks Mom and Dad for all the sacrifices you made during all those depression years and all throughout World War II for our music and for keeping a roof over our 'rebellious' heads. My younger brother Jimmy served in the Marines and my older brother served in the Air Force.

It is good for us to look back upon where we came from and just who it was that has brought us this far in life, and just who we owe our thanks to, remembering those who have loved us no matter what! Without each and every one of them, we would not be who and where we are! My Mama was the 'love' angel that GOD gave to bind us together. She called being a wife and mother, her CALLING IN LIFE!

 

 

 

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