Thomas C. "Big Tom" Miller

Thomas C. "Big Tom" Miller, 62 of Stigler died Thursday, February 22, 2024 in Muskogee. He was born August 17, 1961 in Anchorage, Alaska to Dorothy Miller. Tom spent his early life in Sacramento, California where he was a standout offensive and defensive lineman at Norte Del Rio High School. He moved to Lequire Oklahoma in the late nineteen seventies where he finished his high school education at Kinta. He lettered in baseball and basketball at Kinta. He graduated from Kinta in 1980. He decided he wanted to play football again and even though Kinta did not have a team and he had not played in several years he decided to walk on at NEO in Miami. There he became a 2 - year starter and earned Juco All American honors. He also received an associates degree from NEO. He ended his playing career as member of the 2002 Stigler Panthers semi-pro football team. He entered the work force working various jobs until he began his career Wal Mart and was a 31 ½ year associate and a fixture at the Stigler Walmart. He was a lover of Rock music and was a yearly attendee at Rocklahoma. He was an avid sports fan. He Loved the Minnesota Vikings, the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Minnesota North Stars, but nothing could hold a candle to the Boston Celtics, professional wrestling and any sport his beloved Oklahoma Sooners playing. His true passion was the youth in Stigler and surrounding communities. Whether it was coaching football, baseball, basketball or t-ball or dressing up like Santa or the Easter Bunny for pictures at Wal Mart. He just wanted to help the youth in the community. His greatest accomplishment in his view would have been the coaching and mentoring of our community’s youth. He is survived by two brothers, Robert Miller and wife Kimi of Placerville, CA, Tim Miller and wife Michelle of Amarillo, TX; one sister, Twiyla Lambson and husband Mike of Muskogee; his nieces and nephews, Kai Miller, Josiah Miller, Noel Miller, Ashlyn Jade Miller. He is preceded in death by his mother, Dorothy Miller; one brother, Don Jones; one nephew, Dyllon Miller. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at The Well with Pastor Daniel Smith officiating. Pallbearers will be Darren Bailey, Wes Weaver, Thomas Truax, Joe Clay, John Henry Parsons, Jason Bonham, Joseph Smith. Honorary pallbearers include Tyrone Spears and his fellow coaches and players with the Stigler Lil' Panthers and Stigler Twisters.

Thomas C. "Big Tom" Miller

August 17, 1961 - February 22, 2024