Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries
Miles
Obituaries
Miles
Thursday, September 22, 1949
Page 2 column 2
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RITES SET FOR
LOUIS S. MILES
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City Man, 75, Suicide
Victim; Found in Home
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Dr. C. J. Price, county coroner, said Mr. Miles apparently was a suicide victim and had shot himself through the left temple with a .22 calibre automatic pistol. The body was found in a bed at the home by a brother Edwin of Waldron and the pistol was lying alongside the body. The coroner added the Mr. Miles had been in ill health and time of death was set at approximately 4:00 a.m. Saturday.
Mr. Miles, a lifelong resident of Shelbyville was born her on February 23, 1892, the son of Ellsworth and Minnie (Shadley) Miles. He was a painter and paper hanger by occupation and also had been employed at the local American Legion headquarters.
He served with American troops on the Mexican border and also served with the U.S. Army in France and Germany during World War I. Mr. Miles was a charter member of Victory Post No. 70, American Legion.
He is survived by his mother who resides at Waldron; one sister, Mrs. Martha Wilson of this city and three brothers, Robert and Harry, Shelbyville, and Edwin of Waldron.
Funeral services will be held at the Murphy Mortuary Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. with Dr. Walter R. Hand officiating. Burial with members of the local Legion post in charge will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary after 2:00 p.m. Tuesday.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville Republican
Monday, September 4, 1944
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MILES FUNERAL WILL
BE CONDUCTED TODAY
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Mrs. Naomi Alberta Miles
Dies at Hospital
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Funeral services for Mrs. Naomi Alberta Miles, 34, wife of William G. Miles, who died at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Major hospital, will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at the Ewing Chapel. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary.Monday, September 4, 1944
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MILES FUNERAL WILL
BE CONDUCTED TODAY
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Mrs. Naomi Alberta Miles
Dies at Hospital
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Mrs. Miles was born in Morristown April 9, 1910 and was the daughter of Charles and Clara Arnold. She was married to William G. Miles June 9, 1934. Their home was at 854 Miller avenue.
Surviving are the husband; three children, William Graham, Carl Edward, Elizabeth Marie; her mother, Mrs. Clara Arnold, of Shelbyville; a sister, Miss Effie Marie Arnold, also of this city; one half-sister, Mrs. Lillie Mae Sherman, of Indianapolis, and a half-brother, John Lewis, of Fairland.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
Thursday, February 27, 1941
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HEMORRHAGE FATAL
TO JOSEPHINE MILES
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Wife of Benjamin T. Miles Dies
Suddenly at Home Here -- Rites Friday.
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Mrs. Melissa McKinney, mother of the deceased, died just four weeks prior to the death of Mrs. Miles.
Mrs. Miles was born in Sugar Creek township November 4, 1887, and was 53 years, three months and twenty-one days at the time of her death. She had lived all her life in Shelby county and had been a resident of Shelbyville for the past twenty-three years. She was married to Mr. Miles April 14, 1925.
Surviving, besides the husband, is one sister, Mrs. Seldon Fogelsong, who with her husband made her home with Mrs. Miles, and four brothers, Ora McKinney, of Shelbyville, Bert McKinney, of Brandywine township; Jacob McKinnney, of New Bethel, and Carl McKinney, of Fenns. There are also several nieces and nephews.
The deceased was a member of the Old Union Methodist church and of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at the C. F. Fix & Son mortuary with Dr. C. A. Bowler officiating and burial will be made at Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary at any time.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
