Robert Turner Miles 1
- Born: 20 Dec 1891, Live Oak, Colorado County, Texas 2
- Marriage (1): Irene Campbell on 5 Mar 1919
- Died: 23 Sep 1960 at age 68 2
- Buried: 25 Sep 1960, Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas 2
General Notes:
Miles, Robert Turner
Heart Attack is Fatal to R. T. Miles, 68
Funeral services were held at Hubbard Funeral Home Saturday, Sept. 25, for Robert T. Miles, 68-year-old farmer and rancher of the Live Oak section, who died Friday morning of a heart attack.
The Rev. Charles Young, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiated in the services. Interment was in the Masonic Cemetery .
Mr. Miles was found by his wife a few minutes after he died. He had left the house at about 7:15 a.m. to transfer a cow from one pasture to another. When the cow came back trailing its rope, Mrs. Miles immediately went to look for her husband and found that he had collapsed at the gate. He had had heart trouble earlier.
Born Dec. 20, 1891, in the Live Oak area, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miles. He served in the Army in World War I. On March 5, 1919, he married Miss Irene Campbell of the Osage section and except for a 10-year period when they lived in Wharton County, they had made their home here since.
Surviving in addition to his widow are one son, J. D. (Duve) Miles and five grandsons of Houston; and two sisters, Mrs. L. H. Obenhaus of Eagle Lake and Mrs. W. C. Hughes of La Porte. Another son died in infancy.
Pallbearers were Fred Hoegemeyer, Adolf Kuehn, Anton Frels, Jr., Chas. Hattermann, Adolph Raabe and Rud. Thumann.
Weimar Mercury, September 30, 1960
Additional Information:
• Military Service: US Army: World War I.
Robert married Irene Campbell, daughter of Fred Campbell and Elizabeth Moore, on 5 Mar 1919. (Irene Campbell was born on 22 Aug 1891,2 died on 29 Jun 1988 2 and was buried in Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas 2.)
|
