Worship in the Park to Honor Kelby Miller One Year After His Death

COCOA — Family, friends and members of Brevard’s Christian community will gather Monday, Nov. 16, at Cocoa Riverfront Park for a worship and candlelight memorial honoring Kelby Miller, one year after the 30-year-old Brevard County man was shot and killed in Cocoa.

The “Worship in the Park” memorial will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Cocoa Riverfront Park, 401 Riveredge Blvd. Miller, who grew up in the local church community and attended Merritt Island Christian School, was remembered by his family as a man who loved the Lord, his family and bringing joy to others.

Miller was raised under his grandfather’s ministry at Clearlake First Baptist Church in Cocoa and accepted Christ at a young age. He was baptized by his grandfather at age 7 and later rededicated his life to Christ and was baptized again through Lighthouse Christian Church in Merritt Island.

At Miller’s Dec. 11, 2025, memorial service at Lighthouse Christian Church, Pastor Kevin Radlein said Miller should be remembered for his faith, joy and the way he treated others rather than for the circumstances of his death.

“His story is going to live on,” Radlein said. “It’s going to live on not in the manner of his death, but in the strength of his faith and what he believed and what he stood for.”

Friends and coworkers remembered Miller as outgoing, generous and open about his Christian faith. After his baptism, Miller began wearing a “Jesus loves you” shirt and backpack and regularly shared his faith with people at the gym and elsewhere.

For 12 years, Miller worked at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, where coworkers remembered him for his enthusiasm and ability to bring joy to visitors. At the time of his death, he was also taking an electromechanical engineering course through the University of Houston and was a certified personal trainer.

Miller was killed Nov. 16, 2025, during an attempted robbery after traveling to a vacant home on Bristol Drive in Cocoa. A 13-year-old boy was later indicted as an adult on first-degree felony murder and attempted robbery charges; the case remains pending.

Monday’s gathering will mark exactly one year since Miller’s death and offer the community another opportunity to remember the faith and personal impact that defined his life.

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