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Leila Miles Crosby
March 2, 1910 - December 15, 2010
Biography

Leila Miles Crosby, 100, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 
The Waterton Plaza Nursing Home in Tyler, Texas. She will be dearly missed by her 
family and friends, but she will always be remembered for her positive outlook on life 
and determination, even as the years took their toll on her health.
Leila was born in Freestone County near Fairfield on March 2, 1910 to Edgar and Buena 
Miles. The family moved to Fairfield in 1920. She attended school in Fairfield from the 
5th to the 10th grades. Since Fairfield schools went only through the 10th grade, she was 
among a group of 13 students invited by Dr. Hardin of Baylor Academy in Belton, Texas 
to finish high school at the academy. She was Salutatorian of her class. This school is 
now known as Mary-Hardin Baylor University. She finished her degree there to prepare 
her to teach school. She taught in several schools in different states and retired in Dallas, 
Texas. While teaching in Dallas, she finished her Masters degree in counseling from 
North Texas University. Leila dearly loved teaching, the students, and the challenges 
required of her.
Leila married Ernest M. Crosby in Fairfield on February 7, 1934 and they had three 
children, Elisabeth Crosby Bonner; Miles "Buddy" Crosby and Carol Crosby. She was 
preceded in death by her husband, Ernest M. Crosby in 1998; her son, Miles "Buddy" 
Crosby in 1986; her parents and three brothers, E.G. Miles; Benjamin Miles and Joe 
Miles.
Leila is survived by her daughters, Elisabeth Crosby Bonner and her husband Leslie R. 
Bonner of Bullard, TX and Carol Crosby of Dallas, TX; granddaughters, Amy Bonner 
Drott and husband Earl of Tyler, TX and Anna Kate Bonner Brown and husband John of 
Dallas, TX; grandson, Reid Bonner of Sunnyvale, TX. Glenn Segler is also a survivor 
and special family member. She is also survived by five great grandchildren, Andrew 
Bonner Drott; Catherine Elisabeth Drott; Kyle Kramer Drott; William Fielding Brown 
and Hayden Bonner Brown. A very important survivor, one sister, Kathryn Miles Davis 
and her husband Lee Judson Davis of Fairfield.
Leila was an avid bridge player, a watercolorist and active in her book club and Retired 
Teachers of Dallas, TX. She credited her sharp mind to being a bridge player for many 
years. She was known for her crossword puzzles and just being interested in life and 
everyone she knew. She loved her family and attended family events whenever she could.
Honorary pallbearers are, Lee Judson Davis; Leslie Reid Bonner; brother-in-law, L. 
Kenneth Crosby. Pallbearers will be grandson, Reid Bonner; great-grandsons, Andrew 
Drott; Kyle Drott; Fielding Brown; Hayden Brown; nephews, George Davis; Warren 
Davis and his son, Ben Davis; grandsons-in-law, Earl Drott and John Brown.

Facts

Born: March 2, 1910
Death: December 15, 2010
Occupation: Public School Teacher

Services
Visitation

Saturday December 18, 2010, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. at Capps Memorial Chapel
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Graveside Service
Saturday December 18, 2010, 11:00 a.m. at Fairfield Cemetery