09/29/2025
Check out this story from one of McEwen's most beloved service providers. Thank you Daryl Mosley with Humphreys County Chamber of Commerce for another excellent Backstory! We appreciate you beyond measure!! 🫶
Last's week's BACKSTORIES featured Dr. Miller with McEwen Animal Clinic. Be sure to get this week's copy of The News-Democrat for another in our series.
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For many of us, Humphreys County has always been home. But it’s always special to talk with those who could have lived anywhere but chose to make a life here. Dr. Cynthia Miller with McEwen Animal Clinic chose to bring her care and expertise to our community and the pets of Humphreys County are the beneficiaries.
Cynthia grew up in Florida. “The West Palm Beach area,” she said. “My parents moved to Florida when they were very young.”
Cynthia said her interest in animals began at a very young age. “Everyone when they are ten years old thinks they want to be a veterinarian,” she laughs. “I always felt like I had something to offer. I felt that animals and I communicated well, and I could read them pretty well. So, when I got ready to go to college, I knew it was really what I wanted to do.”
Cynthia received a bachelor's degree in biology from Portland State University and a second bachelor’s degree in animal science from the University of Florida. Then, she completed veterinary school at Mississippi State University.
Cynthia found Humphreys County because of her parents. “They retired up here,” she said. “Dad fell in love with Tennessee when he was in the Air Force. Later on, they bought a piece of property up here. We would come up a lot in the summertime. We would hike and things like that until they finally did retire here in 2004. It was such a good experience for me growing up, I always wanted to come back here too.” Cynthia’s father has since passed but her mother still resides here.
Cynthia’s first vet job was in Houston County. “After that, I did some relief work in Dickson and in Paris as well at Waverly Animal Clinic,” she said. She also worked in Camden and then in Clarksville before she came to McEwen. “I was looking to get out of Clarksville. An acquaintance told me the clinic in McEwen might be for sale.” Some conversations later, the wheels started moving. “I bought the practice the day after Thanksgiving last year.”
Cynthia encourages pet owners to be responsible, spay and neuter their pets, provide flea and tick prevention and heartworm prevention. “I tend to treat everyone’s pets like they are mine. I will do some elective surgeries here like de-claws and ear crops that some places can’t do. If you want it done, it should be done right with anesthesia and pain medication.”
She is quick to praise her staff at the clinic. “It’s a really good group. Some are new but it’s a great crew.”
Realizing the dreams of her childhood to both become a veterinarian and live in this area, she is very happy. “I love McEwen,” Cynthia says enthusiastically! “I spent half my life trying to get back here. I really love it here.”
For your pet needs, stop in and see Dr. Cynthia Miller and her staff at McEwen Animal Clinic on Highway 70 in McEwen.
BACKSTORIES is an article series by the Humphreys County Chamber of Commerce.
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