EDGAR S. MILES SR.

 

Funeral for Edgar S. Miles Sr., 78, Jacksonville, was at 1 p.m. Monday at Mount Haven CME Church with the Rev. Redwine officiating.

Burial was in Larissa Cemetery.

Mr. Miles died Jan. 15. He was born March 22, 1930, in Cuney to the late Samuel and Acelia Miles.

He attended Cuney schools, served in the Army, and worked for W.D. Brown Lumber Co. and Mercy/McGowan Funeral Home.

He was a member of Mount Haven CME Church where he served as Sunday school superintendent and on the trustee, Christian education and usher boards.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Bobbie Miles, and son, Eddie Charles Miles.

Survivors include four sons, Marvin Matlock of Palestine and Melvin D. McDonald, Welton J. McDonald and Edgar S. Miles Jr., all of Jacksonville; three daughters, Threasa Steve Obriaure of Garland, J. Rena Castleberry of Jackson, Miss., and Francetta Miles McGowan of Marshall; two brothers, Theodore Miles of Bullard, and William Miles; two sisters, Laura Battle and Lorine Brooks, both of Jacksonville, and Alice Blanton of Houston; 11 grandchildren; and 13 greatgrandchildren.

Arrangements were under the direction of Mercy/McGowan Funeral Home

Information from The Cherokeean Herald