softball player, pitching in the Salt Lake City and Denver metro leagues. Miller married his high school girlfriend, Gail Saxton, on March 25, 1965, and they became the parents of five children: Gregory Scott, Roger Lawrence (August 21, 1968 – August 18, 2013), Stephen Frank, Karen Rebecca, and Bryan Joseph. He was the grandfather of twenty one grandchildren. Religion Miller was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). By the age of 22, he had stopped participating in church activities. Miller's wife and son, Greg, eventually began attending services. Miller delayed doing so due to his desire to play softball and attend football games. Miller re-engaged with the church in 1975 by attending a Relief Society dinner in his local congregation and was soon interested in seeking to be ordained an elder in the church's priesthood. While his involvement with the church increased over the next few years, Miller described his feelings at that time as "non-committal". Several years later, Miller's commitment became firm and he was ordained an elder. Miller directed his wife to start tithing based on their gross income in late 1978. Miller provided initial funding for a team of experts at Brigham Young University (BYU) that examined documents from the early history of the LDS Church. This team later compiled The Joseph Smith Papers. In addition to the books with Smith's papers, the project generated a companion television series. Miller funded this project with a donation of $10 million in bonds and additional cash contributions. Business interests Car dealerships Miller partnered with his uncle, Reid Horne, to purchase Toyota of Murray in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray from Hugh Gardner and his partner for $3.5 million. Miller only had $88,000 and was unable to obtain bank financing. Horne obtained a loan for $200,000. Gardner and his partner accepted three notes for the balance, due in ten years. Miller was deeply concerned about the debt burden of his business. Miller saw that the dealership was under-performing and believed he could turn it around. Gardner and his partner defrauded Miller by selling off inventory at-cost to their friends before transferring ownership. Miller and Horne had anticipated this and arranged for a shipment of new inventory from Toyota in advance and stored them off-site until closing. The dealership re-opened on May 1, 1979, as Larry H. Miller Toyota. They sold