Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Miles, Rillard S., 1961 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ RILLARD STITH MILES BOYKINS - Rillard S. Miles, 72, died at his home Saturday night of a heart attack. He was a native of Southampton County and the son of Mac and Mrs. Sue Pope Watson Miles. He was a member of Clarksbury Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Johnson Miles; two daughters, Mrs. Vernie Griffin of Boykins and Mrs. Esmond Worrell of Suffolk; one sister, Miss Lillian Miles of Boykins, and two granddaughters. A funeral service was conducted today (Monday) at 2:30 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Home, Boykins, by the Rev. Harrell G. Thach of Clarksbury Methodist Church. Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were Richard Banty, Richard Ricks, Herbert M. Francis, J.C. Blowe, George Davis, Eugene Lee and Joseph W. Pope, Jr. Rillard Stith MILES, Southampton Co. native, d. 21 Jan 1961, at home, Boykins, age 72, interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 266*), Boykins, 23 Jan 1961, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 23, 1961, p. 5 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Beechwood list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt Additional information: RILLARD STITH MILES, 22, S, SO.CO., SO.CO., FARMER, S/O MACK WATSON AND SUE MARIAH POPE MILES M. 12-29-1909 SOUTHAMPTON CO., VA. BY REV. W.H. RIDDICK ANNIE E. JOHNSON, 22, S, SO.CO., SO.CO., D/O JAMES AND FRANCES LEE JOHNSON (Southampton Co. MB13:558; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb13pt.txt) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m420r2ob.txt