Thomas P. Miller, Jr.

Thomas Preston Miller, Jr. died on March 18, 2011. He was 79. Born in Baltimore on April 28, 1931, he was the son of the late Thomas P. and Alice Wilson Miller. Mr. Miller was a life-long teacher, educator, and world traveler. He began his teaching career in Baltimore in 1958 after earning a Bachelor’s Degree from Towson State Teachers College. In 1963, he was employed as a teacher with the Department of the Air Force Overseas School System. His first assignment took him to Okinawa, Japan. For the next eight years, he taught the children of service men and women in many countries all over the world. In 1973, he joined the Maryland Correctional Institution Education Program as lead teacher and assisted in opening up the first school. During his career with MCI, he became a principal and opened more schools in several correctional facilities. He developed school curriculum and art, business, and shop programs, and trained teachers, school principals, and regional administrators. He developed a night school program, was instrumental in starting a GED program, and was noted for opening a reading academy at MCI, which received national attention and was visited by then First Lady Barbara Bush. He retired in 1996, by which time he had earned several advanced degrees, including a Master’s Degree in Education, and a Master’s Degree in Adult Education, with certification as a reading specialist and school administration. Mr. Miller was a member of the First Christian Church in Baltimore. He is survived by his nieces: Donna Baker Davis and her husband, Jim, of Westminster, Wendy Nuttall Thiede and her husband, John, of Mt. Airy, Gail Nuttall Judd of Manchester, Heather Nuttall Hoffman and her husband, Jeff, of Bel Air, and Holly Nuttall Feustel and her husband, Eric, of Delta, PA; his nephew, Charles Preston Baker and his wife, Tracy, of Marriottsville; and numerous grand-nieces and grand-nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Joan Miller Baker and Lois Miller Nuttall, and niece, Cynthia Lynn Baker. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at The Mount – Hampstead Baptist Church on Foreston Road in Upperco, MD.

Thomas P. Miller, Jr.

April 28, 1931 - March 18, 2011