Claire Bishop Milner, 20, of Oak Ridge, died Monday from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

She is survived by her mother, Sally Bishop; her stepfather, Mark Young; her father, Scott Milner of State College, Pa.; her sister, Eliza Milner of Cambridge, Mass.; her sister, Katherine Merrill Milner of Washington; her grandmother Joan Johnson of Oak Ridge; her grandmother, Amelia Fernandes; her aunt Mary Weiner of Michigan; her aunt and uncle, Todd and Cricket Milner and cousin Lauren of Vail, Colo.; her uncles, Scott Bishop and Tim Bridges of Knoxville; her aunt, Susan Irwin of Oak Ridge; her cousins Kate Irwin of Oak Ridge and Drew Irwin of Murfreesboro; and her special boyfriend Robert Fishburne of Asheville. She is also survived by her many loving uncles, aunts, and cousins in the Young family, and many members of the Bishop family in North Carolina.

Claire was a junior at the University of North Carolina in Asheville, where she was a theater major and was looking forward to appearing in the spring production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Claire loved acting, singing, costume design, and wanted to be a professional actress. [Read more…]