Obituary of Dolphus Miles

Graveside services for Dolphus D. 'Doc' Miles, 77, Arp, will be at 10:00 am, Monday, September 9, 2013 at Elkins Cemetery, Omen, with Reverend Tommy Corley officiating. Arrangements are under direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton. Mr. Miles died Friday, September 6, 2013 in Tyler. He was born February 24, 1936 in Omen to the late Jodie and Lillie Yancy Miles. He has been a resident of Arp since 1961 when he moved from Omen. He married Cecilia Ann Walls September 16, 1961 in Kilgore and he retired from the Smith County Road Department where he was an equipment operator. Besides his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife Cecilia Ann Miles on February 28, 2006. He was also preceded by a four brothers, Cecil Miles, Edgar Miles, Thurman Miles and James Ray Miles and a sister, Katherine Lucas. Survivors include two brothers and sisters-in-law, Travis and Barbara Miles, Tyler, and Albert and Helen Miles, Jacksonville; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Helen and Arlis Corley, Rusk, Jewel Rushing, Dallas, and Gladys and Bill Lofgren, Knoxville, Tennessee; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. The family will receive friends at the funeral home, Sunday, Sept. 8 from 6:00: pm to 8:00 p.m.