Ms. Blanche Evelyn Smith Miller

December 11, 1940 - March 13, 2019

Funeral Services for Ms. Blanche "Puddin" Evelyn Smith Miller, 78, of Columbia, SC.will be held Wednesday March 20, 2019 at 1:00 PM at Saint Paul Baptist Church 4517 North Main Street Columbia, SC.. Interment will follow in The Promised Land Cemetery. Public viewing will take place from noon until 6:00 PM Tuesday March 19, 2019. A. A. Dicks Funeral Home is in charge of these arrangements. "Puddin” as she was affectionately known was born December 11, 1940 in Columbia, SC. She was the first born child of the late Edna L. Davenport and Albert Neal, Sr. Puddin transitioned to the Kingdom of eternal life to be with his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. She was educated in the public schools of Richland County, South Carolina and was a proud former student of Booker T. Washington High School. She lived a full life and had a genuine love for people. Blanche enjoyed cooking. Her specialty was ANYTHING you wanted to eat! She was preceded in death by his parents and her brother, Albert Neal, Jr. Left to cherish precious memories are: her only sister, Gloria (Henry “H D”) Chandler, Sr. of Columbia, South Carolina; her Companion of many years, Steven Christopher Davis; an aunt, E. Marie of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; nieces and nephews all of whom were special to her; neighborhood children and adults she fed and a host of other relatives and countless friends who will miss her dearly and remember her tasty meals.