Garvin County, OK - Coy Joe Giles Obit - g420
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Source:    Located this in Midland, Texas, newspaper (name unknown). 
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James L. Giles is my great-grandfather and I have not been able
to locate his parents.  Coy Joe Giles is in this family also.  Thanks!

Located this in Midland, Texas, newspaper (name unknown).

"Midland - Memorial services for Coy Joe "C. J.'" Giles, 60, Midland,
will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Ellis Chapel with Ron Wesley and Ben
Condray, officiating.

    "Arrangements are by Ellis Funeral Directors.

    "Mr. Giles died Monday, January 14, 1991, at his home.

    "He was born August 9, 1930, in Brady, Oklahoma, and was raised in
Borger where he graduated from high school, and attended S.M.U. for two
years.

    "He enlisted in the Navy and served two years before entering the
Army.  He served in Vietnam and retired after 13 years.  He then went
into real estate in New Mexico and in 1975 he moved to Midland and
became an independent oil operator.  He started BLG Petroleum and was
vice president of the company.  He was a member of the Southside Lions
Club and an avid golfer.

    "He was a former policeman with the Odessa Police Department and a
member of Alamo Heights Baptist Church.

    "Survivors include his wife, Lianne Midkiff Giles of Midland; two
sons, Robert Scott Giles of Roswell, N.M.; and Brandon Hunter Giles of
Midland; one sister, Ruby Mongold; one grandchild; and several nieces
and nephews."

From "Hobbs Daily News Sun", Hobbs, New Mexico, dated January 12, 1941:

"Funeral services for James L. "Dad" Giles, 77 year old veteran
newspaper carrier, will be held at the Church of Christ at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon.  L. E. Carpenter, minister, will officiate.  Burial will
be in the North cemetery, under the direction of Carpenter Funeral Home.

"Pall-bearers will be "Dad" Davis, Edgar Davis, W. T. Edwards, Charles
Yates, L. A. Garrett and R. W. Woodard."