George Ray Miles Sr.

George Ray Miles Sr. August 31, 1930 - August 1, 2004 PHENIX CITY, AL - Mr. George Ray Miles, Sr., 73, of Phenix City, died Sunday, Aug. 1, at Columbus Hospice House, Columbus. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. today at Vance Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Jimmie Hobbs officiating. Mr. Miles was born Aug. 31, 1930, in Louisville, Ala., son of the late George Freeman Miles and Mamie Ethel Horne Miles. He served in the U.S. Marines during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Miles retired from Norfolk Southern Railroad after 35 years of service as a track supervisor. He was an avid horseman, known by his horse-riding friends as "Trailmaster." He attended First Baptist Church and was a member of McGarr Sunday School Class and was a member of Norfolk Southern Railroad Retirement Association. Mr. Miles also loved training bird dogs. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Kathryn Watson and Webbeline Tew and one brother, Billy Joe Hutto. On May 8, 1947, he married his loving wife, Jeanelle "Nell" Blankenship Miles. Other than his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Amy Miles, New York, N.Y.; one son, George Miles, Jr. and his wife Carla, Midland, Ga.; grandchildren, Abby Miles-Ruttenberg, N.Y., Evan Park Miles and Cara Miles, both of Midland; five sisters, Lillian Bell, Amelia DeLuna and husband Ray, Charlotte Selby and husband Paul, and Faye Willingham and husband David, all of Dothan, and Anne Johnson and husband J. C., Ozark, Ala. The family suggests that friends send either potted plants to the funeral or make memorials to Columbus Hospice House, for the kind care they gave to Mr. Miles, Columbus Hospice House, 7020 Moon Rd., Columbus, GA 31909.