Harlie Cloid Miller

1896 - 1960  (63 years)

• Name	Harlie Cloid Miller  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	17 Feb 1896	Cobden, Union, Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	31 May 1919  [2, 4, 5]
  	US Army - World War I; SGT Co K 130 Inf - 33 Div - World War I
  Census	1940	Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Head (his housekeeper was Gussie Harrell)
  Military Draft Registration	1942	Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, USA   [3]
  	Draft Registration - World War II; Married to Debbie Miller
  Death	21 Jan 1960  [2, 4, 5]
  Burial	Mound City National Cemetery, Mound City, Pulaski, Illinois, USA   [2, 5]
  		Mound City National Cemetery Mound City, Pulaski, Illinois Find a Grave: #107001 Plot: National Cemetery
  Person ID	I4699	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Deborah H 'Debby' Harrell,   b. 9 Aug 1920, Tamms, Alexander, Illinois, USA d. 13 May 1993, St Joseph Hospital and Health Center, Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, USA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1942	Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, USA   [6]
  Family Residence	1948	Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, USA
  Marriage End	1949
  	Frankie left Miller in Cairo IL in 1948, and they were divorced in Dec 1949
  		News (Fatality)-MILLER Frankie (Denies Recall) WOMAN DENIES SHE RECALLS SHOOTING - Complete Evidence in Frankfort Trial • Mrs. Frankie Miller told a jury today that she couldn't remember pulling the trigger of the gun that killed her boy friend, Leland Holliday, 39 years old. In the closing day of testimony in her murder trial, the 29-year-old divorcee admitted she had discussed marriage…
  Family ID	F1288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Feb 1896 - Cobden, Union, Illinois, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Head (his housekeeper was Gussie Harrell) - 1940 - Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - World War II; Married to Debbie Miller - 1942 - Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, USA Marriage - 1942 - Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, USA Family Residence - 1948 - Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, USA Burial - - Mound City National Cemetery, Mound City, Pulaski, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Biographies and Histories

  Bio-HARRELL Debby (AKA Frankie Miller) Deborah H "Debby Harrell (AKA Frankie Miller)

  
  

  News

  News (Fatality)-MILLER Frankie (Denies Recall) WOMAN DENIES SHE RECALLS SHOOTING - Complete Evidence in Frankfort Trial • Mrs. Frankie Miller told a jury today that she couldn't remember pulling the trigger of the gun that killed her boy friend, Leland Holliday, 39 years old. In the closing day of testimony in her murder trial, the 29-year-old divorcee admitted she had discussed marriage…

  
  

• Sources

  [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Cairo, Alexander, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00758; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 2-8. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Cairo, Alexander, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00758; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 2-8 [S8381] Find a Grave (Military Cemeteries), MILLER Harley C 1896-1960 (Veteran). "Illinois - SGT Co K 130 Inf - 33 Div - World War I" - Mound City National Cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22920128/harley-c-miller [S83] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth Registration), For the State of Illinois; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M2097. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth Registration), For the State of Illinois; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M2097 [S170] Ancestry.com, U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT. USA; Date: 2019;). [S9526] National Cemetery Administration, U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites. [S7580] Find a Grave: HARRELL Deborah Massey 1920-1993, Deborah H "Debbie" Harrell Miller Rice Massey AKA Frankie Miller. BIRTH 9 Aug 1920 DEATH 13 May 1993 (aged 72) BURIAL Sunset Memory Garden Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana MEMORIAL ID 101301517 DEBORAH HARRELL never married Leland Ross Holliday, but was in an ongoing relationship with him from about 1938 until she shot him in 1950. She married Harlan Miller in 1942, left him in 1948, and divorced him in 1949. During that time, she went by the name of Frankie Miller. Holliday also divorced his wife about 1949. On 19 March 1950, Frankie found Holliday with another woman and shot him in a jealous rage. At a sensational trial in Frankfort, Indiana, Frankie testified that Holliday had tortured her, and showed the all-male jury where he had burned her with his cigarette. She was convicted of Manslaughter and was sentenced to the Indiana Women’s Prison for a term of 2-21 years. After she was pardoned in 1952, she went back to being called Debby and married a man named Rice. She later married Robert Henry Massey, and they were still married when she died on 13 May 1993. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101301517