Earl Bruce Miller was born in El Reno, OK, in September of 1941. Bruce was raised in Copan, OK, and attended Coffeyville Jr. College, where he obtained an Associate of Business Education, then graduated from Northeastern State University with a Bachelor of Science. He worked as a partner for Bland & Call in Cushing, OK, as a CPA before opening his own accounting practice in Stroud. Bruce received many awards throughout the years, including Outstanding Young Men of America, and served in many roles for the Jaycees and Lions Club.
Bruce’s true passion was his racehorses. In the 1970s, Bruce started his lifelong love of breeding and running Appaloosas. A few of his earliest champions were I’m a Jet Bar, who won the leading earnerawardforOklahoma Appaloosa Racing Stock and Zoomin from the Bar, who won OAR 2005 Champion Filly. He found great success with AINT MISS BEHAVIN SI 100. As a two-year old, she won the Americana Appaloosa Futurity G1, then at three shewasawardedtheThree-Year-Old Champion Filly, winning the Cricket Bars Futurity, the Appaloosa Prep Futurity and theTexas Appaloosa Derby G1. If that wasn’t enough, she set an Appaloosa track record at Remington Park with over 400 yards covering the distance in 19.94s. This same year AINT MISS BEHAVIN became a champion, her full sister, two-year-old Rotten Reba, was awarded the Two-Year-Old Filly OK/ TX Regional Championship. Bruce hit the lottery by breeding the good race mare Dashing Susie. Running AAA time, and a twotime race winner, she really shined as a broodmare. Dashing Susie produced for Bruce LOTA BLACK BEAUTY, the 2018 Three-Year-Old Champion Filly and the 2018 Champion Claiming horse. That same year, Bruce won the Cricket Bars Futurity G2 with her full brother, Lota White Sox, who ran 400 yds in 20.032s, earning an SI 86 for winning trainer Matthew McCart and winning jockey Paul Nieto. Throughout his long racing career, Bruce was a proud member of the Oklahoma Racing Association, serving as treasurer for three decades.
Bruce is survived by his three children: two sons Bruce Alan Miller and Curtis Miller of Stroud and his daughter and sonin- law Pam Xitco and Jim Xitco of San Diego, CA; his three grandchildren and five great grandchildren: Bruce Shane Miller and his wife Sheila Miller, along with their children Bruce “Bruco”, Shyane, Macen and Meadow of Meeker OK, Alan Dakota Miller and his daughter McKinley of Chandler and Curtis Jr. of Cushing, OK; one brother, Dick Miller of Redwood City, CA; ex-wife Nancy Miller and her partner Merle Pate from Ozark, AR; and many more family and friends including his friends from the Lions Club and The Oklahoma Racing Community.
A memorial service was held on Saturday, November 1, 2025, at Stroud First Christian Church. A guest book is available to share your memories online. Please visit www.Parks-Brothers.net. Services are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service in Stroud, Oklahoma.