Chairman Of Dry Goods House Succumbs At 76 After Illness. Funeral Services Will Be Held Tomorrow. Burial At Druid Ridge Cemetery. James Miller Easter, chairman of the board of the Daniel Miller Company, ninety-four-year-old wholesale dry goods house, died last night at his Owings Mills home after an illness of several months. Mr. Easter, grandson of the founder of the firm, was 76 years old. He was born in Baltimore, the son of James W. and Marguerite Elizabeth Easter. He received his early education in the public schools and later was graduated from the then Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland.
Started As Stock Boy. He started work with the Daniel Miller Company fifty-five years ago as a stock boy and remained with the company until his death. During that time he became a director of the First National Bank, the Eutaw Savings Bank and the Maryland Trust Company. He formerly was president of Commercial and Farmers National Bank. He was an elder in the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, Park and Lafayette Avenues.
Services Tomorrow. Funeral services will be held a 11 A. M. tomorrow. Burial will be in Druid Ridge Cemetery. Other arrangements are incomplete. Mr. Easter is survived by his wife, Henrietta Tole Easter; two sons, James W. and Charles T. Easter, of Baltimore, four brothers, Robert and Theodore Easter, of Owings Mills; Clay M. Easter, of Chincoteague Island, and Daniel M. Easter, of Greensburg, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. John Peterson, of Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, Fri., Aug 9, 1940, Page 24.
Started As Stock Boy. He started work with the Daniel Miller Company fifty-five years ago as a stock boy and remained with the company until his death. During that time he became a director of the First National Bank, the Eutaw Savings Bank and the Maryland Trust Company. He formerly was president of Commercial and Farmers National Bank. He was an elder in the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, Park and Lafayette Avenues.
Services Tomorrow. Funeral services will be held a 11 A. M. tomorrow. Burial will be in Druid Ridge Cemetery. Other arrangements are incomplete. Mr. Easter is survived by his wife, Henrietta Tole Easter; two sons, James W. and Charles T. Easter, of Baltimore, four brothers, Robert and Theodore Easter, of Owings Mills; Clay M. Easter, of Chincoteague Island, and Daniel M. Easter, of Greensburg, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. John Peterson, of Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, Fri., Aug 9, 1940, Page 24.
Chairman Of Dry Goods House Succumbs At 76 After Illness. Funeral Services Will Be Held Tomorrow. Burial At Druid Ridge Cemetery. James Miller Easter, chairman of the board of the Daniel Miller Company, ninety-four-year-old wholesale dry goods house, died last night at his Owings Mills home after an illness of several months. Mr. Easter, grandson of the founder of the firm, was 76 years old. He was born in Baltimore, the son of James W. and Marguerite Elizabeth Easter. He received his early education in the public schools and later was graduated from the then Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland.
Started As Stock Boy. He started work with the Daniel Miller Company fifty-five years ago as a stock boy and remained with the company until his death. During that time he became a director of the First National Bank, the Eutaw Savings Bank and the Maryland Trust Company. He formerly was president of Commercial and Farmers National Bank. He was an elder in the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, Park and Lafayette Avenues.
Services Tomorrow. Funeral services will be held a 11 A. M. tomorrow. Burial will be in Druid Ridge Cemetery. Other arrangements are incomplete. Mr. Easter is survived by his wife, Henrietta Tole Easter; two sons, James W. and Charles T. Easter, of Baltimore, four brothers, Robert and Theodore Easter, of Owings Mills; Clay M. Easter, of Chincoteague Island, and Daniel M. Easter, of Greensburg, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. John Peterson, of Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, Fri., Aug 9, 1940, Page 24.
Started As Stock Boy. He started work with the Daniel Miller Company fifty-five years ago as a stock boy and remained with the company until his death. During that time he became a director of the First National Bank, the Eutaw Savings Bank and the Maryland Trust Company. He formerly was president of Commercial and Farmers National Bank. He was an elder in the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, Park and Lafayette Avenues.
Services Tomorrow. Funeral services will be held a 11 A. M. tomorrow. Burial will be in Druid Ridge Cemetery. Other arrangements are incomplete. Mr. Easter is survived by his wife, Henrietta Tole Easter; two sons, James W. and Charles T. Easter, of Baltimore, four brothers, Robert and Theodore Easter, of Owings Mills; Clay M. Easter, of Chincoteague Island, and Daniel M. Easter, of Greensburg, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. John Peterson, of Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, Fri., Aug 9, 1940, Page 24.
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