Date of birth: 1893
Date of death: 07 Jul 1951

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Burial Information

Section 04 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0190-01
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Obituary

Miss Marguerite Miles Claimed By Death

Member Pioneer Family
Dies July 7 Following
Lingering Illness

Services for Miss Mary Marguerite Miles, assistant librarian of Lexington branch of the Holmes County Library, who died Saturday at 4 p.m. at Holmes County Community hospital following a lingering illness, were held July 8 at 4 p.m. from the old family home where she was born, reared, and had lived her entire life.

Miss Miles was the daughter of John R. and Agnes Donelson Miles, pioneer settlers of Holmes county, and had made her home with her sister, Mrs. Joe H. Moore, since purchase of the old family homestead by Mrs. Moore. Since childhood she had been a member of First Methodist church, and lived a Christian life.

Her illness had been lingering and she had been in the hospital for several weeks. She had served for a number of years in an assistant capacity at the Lexington library.

The last rites were conducted by the Rev. Harmon L. Smith, pastor of the Methodist church. Burial was in the family lot in OdeFellows cemetery, with Southern Funeral home in charge. 

She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Marvin Stanley and Mrs. Moore of Lexington; three brothers, DB. Miles and G. W. Miles, both of Lexington, and J. R. Miles of Ft. Myers, Florida; three nephews and one niece.

Pallbearers were: W. H. Fincher, Jack Reid, Harold Hammett, Andrew Hearn, Leslie P. Johnson, Jr., G. C. Gipson, Ben S. Beall, E. W. Hooker, J. M. McRae.

Lexington Advertiser – Lexington, MS
July 12, 1951, vol. 114, no. 13, pg. 1

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Family Members

Parents
John R. Miles
1852–1925

Agnes Donelson Miles
1857–1943

Siblings
John Robert Miles
1886-1952

Stanley, Leila Miles
1883-1954

George W. Miles
1888 –1962

David Beatty Miles
1904-1966

Ruth Miles Moore
1891–1973

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