Graveside services for Terrell Wayne “Ted” Miller are scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, north of Trenton. There will be a visitation from 1 p.m. until service time on Saturday at Resthaven Mortuary.
Open visitation will begin at noon Thursday, June 8, 2017 at the mortuary.
Mr. Miller, an 87-year-old former Trenton resident, died at 11:40 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at the Lenoir Woods Senior Living in Columbia.
Mr. Miller was born on Sept. 15, 1929 in Trenton, the son of Harry and Novelynn Martin Miller. He served in the U.S. Navy from Jan. 9, 1948 to Dec. 28, 1951 as an aviation mechanic. While in the service Ted met Barbara Ruth Johnson and they were married in Jacksonville, FL on June 16, 1951. She preceded him in death on June 19, 2001.
After his discharge from the Navy, Mr. Miller worked for the Rock Island Railroad. He spent over 25 years with the railroad and during that time he also worked selling sweepers, cash registers, adding machines as well as owning a gas station for a while. He also invented the Butter Pop Popcorn seasoning and with that started the T. Miller Popcorn Company, which he ran until selling the company in 1996.
Surviving relatives include his daughter, Pam Socha and her husband, Tom of Columbia; a sister, Doris Jeane Diecidue of Kansas City; two brothers, Bob Miller and his wife, Judy of Jefferson City and Ed Miller and his wife, Ruby of Nixa; a grandson, Derek Clark of Columbia; a great-granddaughter, Kimberlyn Clark of Columbia; a close friend, Margeaux Holmes and family; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and a brother, Harry “Bud” Miller Jr.
Memorial donations are suggested to the Humane Society of Missouri and may be left with or mailed to the funeral home.
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