Bobby Miller
Posted: November 17, 2018
Robert Glenn “Bobby” Miller, Sr., age 90, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 15, 2018. Graveside services will be Monday, November 19, 2018, at 11:00 AM with military honors at Brooksville City Cemetery with the Rev. Curtis Bray officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, November 18, 2018, from 4:00 – 7:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory, College St. location. Bobby was born June 18, 1928, in Columbus, MS, to the late Aven P. and Ella Lucile Glenn Miller, Sr. He was a 1946 graduate of S. D. Lee High School and Mississippi State University. Mr. Miller was a veteran of Korea, serving in the United States Navy. He formerly owned and operated Miller & Son Nursery and Miller Marine. Mr. Miller served for many years with the Coast Guard Auxiliary and was a charter member of the Tombigbee Stump Jumpers Club. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, A. P. Miller. Survivors include his son, Robert Glenn Miller, Jr. (Jan) of Columbus, MS; daughter, Jyl Miller Barefield (Greg) of Columbus, MS; grandsons, Robert Glenn Miller, III, (Jeanie) of Columbus, MS and Casey Dennis Barefield (Amanda) of Nashville, TN; great-grandchildren, Kate Ross Miller of Columbus, MS and Micah, Silas and Noah Barefield of Nashville, TN; niece, Bonnie Ronan(Tom) of Everett, WA; nephew, Steve Miller (Dru) of Everett, WA; and sister-in-law, Beverly Miller of Everett, WA. Honorary pallbearers will be Kirk McKellar, Richard Watkins, Dickie Thompson, William Roberts, Vee Ferguson, Betty West Land, Frank Burris, Jerry Lavender, Kenny Kidder, Leonard Ingram and former and current members of the Tombigbee Stump Jumpers Club, Coast Guard Auxiliary and S. D. Lee High School Class of 1946. Memorials may be made to Palmer Home for Children, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS, 39703, or the donor’s favorite charity.