Peter Barr Miazza Obituary
Peter Barr Miazza, 95, of Madison MS died April 24, 2025, at Baptist Hospital after a short illness preceded by two falls. Peter was born in Jackson, Mississippi on April 10, 1930, to Trellah Barr and Peter Hubert Miazza. He was able to leave his rehab center and go to his home for his long anticipated 95th birthday celebration. He was a graduate of the Central High School class of 1948 He attended Mississippi College for a short time before joining the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Most of his military service was in Japan.
Peter was an active member of the Greenwood Cemetery Association where he frequently conducted tours. He was a member of the SCV and devoted much time maintaining the Confederate Burial Ground in Greenwood Cemetery. He wrote a book, VOICES HEARD FROM THE GRAVE, of the lives and stories of the people buried in Greenwood Cemetery. He dedicated significant time to researching his parents' ancestry. He traveled to Italy where he visited the childhood village of Pettenasco where his great-grandfather, Angelo Miazza, grew up.
He was an accomplished runner completing many local 5K races and in California. His proudest run was winning the Senior Olympics for his age group in Minneapolis several years ago, accompanied by his running coach John Michael Chudy.
He worked for AT&T in San Francisco and surrounding bay area cities. He returned to Jackson after his retirement. He was preceded in death by his parents, Peter Hubert and Trellah Barr Miazza and his soulmate, Kazuko Kobayashi. He is survived by his "adopted" grandson, Tarmo Prints of Estonia, and grand-daughter, Telee Prints Daca (Diego) of Australia, his brother, Hubert Wesley Miazza, of Jackson, Mississippi, and numerous cousins, including first cousins James W. Irby, Sr, of Madison, George Henne of Gautier, Hettie Love Breckenridge of Comer, Georgia, and Jennifer Love Stodghill (Gerald) of Simpsonville, South Carolina. Peter developed a friendship with Tarmo in the early 2000's when Tarmo was in the USA as a college student selling children's schoolbooks for The Southwestern Company. He and a fellow Estonian student/seller knocked on Peter's door, explained what they were doing and asked if had an extra room they could use for the summer. They were clean-cut young men with a good command of English, so Peter invited them in for the summer. Peter's home became a gathering place for all the other Estonian students working in the area. Tarmo returned for several summers to work in the area and a close friendship developed with Peter giving Tarmo grandfatherly advice. Peter visited Tarmo's extended family in Estonia and Tarmo visited Peter often when in the USA attending to his business venture.
Memorial service for Peter Barr Miazza will be held at Parkway Funeral Home in Ridgeland MS on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 1:00PM with visitation preceding at 12:00PM. Reverend Linda Smith, Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Jackson MS, will officiate. Any memorial gifts may be given to SON VALLEY,
P.O. Box 3076, Ridgeland MS 39158 or Greenwood Cemetery Association. P. O. Box 55783, Jackson MS
39296-5783. Peter requested that his ashes be sprinkled over the graves of his parents, both sets of his grandparents, both sets of his paternal great-grandparents and the grave of Tarmo's grandmother in Estonia.
