Ora Elva Miles

MILES, Ora Elva, 80, of Richmond, Va., co-owner of Anderson's Grill for 35 years, departed this life on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald S. Miles; and two sisters, Bertha Wingfield and Callie Carter. She leaves to cherish her memory two stepdaughters, Patricia Alexander and Mertha Christian; one stepson, Norris Harris; a host of stepgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren; two godchildren, Tracey Edwards and Travis Wright; four sisters, Estelle Fox, Arthalia Allen, Sallie Ballard and Eulalia Bobbitt; six nieces, Henrietta Gattison (Rev. Bobby L. Gattison), Ellen Jefferson, Vivian Reynolds, Delores Ballard, Myrtle Wright (Paul) and Phyllis Coleman (Oliver); three nephews, Hosea Fox (Beverely), Clarence Ballard Jr. (Kathleen) and Rev. Alphonso Miles; devoted cousins, Ophelia Lewis; devoted friends, Deborah Williams, Henry and Carolyn Chavis, Mary Lewis, Mae Taylor, Juanita Garnett, Rev. C. L. Motley; and a host of other relatives and friends. A special thanks to the staff of Henrico Doctors' Hospital - Forest and Hospice of Virginia. Remains rest at March Funeral Home, 2110 E. Laburnum Ave., where viewing will be held on Sunday, February 22, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and where the family will receive friends from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Funeral services at 12 noon on Monday, February 23, 2009, at Fifth Baptist Church, 1415 West Cary Street. Rev. John Rustin, eulogist. Interment Riverview Cemetery.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.