Wilson Coleman Miles, Sr.

1924 - 1990  (66 years)

• Name	Wilson Coleman Miles  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	28 Feb 1924	Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [2]
  Christening	5 Apr 1926	Meth Ch, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Biography	1941
  	Wilson Coleman Miles was named after President Woodrow Wilson and silent movie actor, Ronald Colman. He was born at Sanford, but raised on Saxis Island. He was in the first graduating class of Atlantic High School in 1941. He was drafted into the US Army in 1944 along with his brother Jesse. Pvt. Coleman Miles, who is in the Army and is stationed at Fort George Meade, MD, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. & Mrs. M.K. Miles (Pen. Ent., 14 Jul 1944). He fought in Italy beginning in December 1944. He was stationed in a Fiat factory and fired mortars in the infantry. Following World War II, he attained the rank of Tech 4 (Sargent) at Fort Knox where he served in the Armored Division before being honorably discharged in 1946. After his service in the military he returned to Saxis Island and worked on the water with his father. He met Dorothy Ann Wilson in 1950 while she was visiting a friend who lived next door to his parents on Saxis. After their marriage they lived with his brother, Moody and wife Kathryn, at Saxis. He later worked for the Commonwealth of Virginia managing a migrant labor camp in Tasley, VA. He and his family moved to Dyersburg, TN, in 1955, where he operated a service station. He later was a supervisor in a cool cushion manufacturing plant and eventually owned and operated a convience store in Dyersburg until his retirement in 1988. His hobbies included wood working, Civil War history, and telling tall stories of his life on Saxis and many of his other experiences. He died very suddenly and unexpectly on Mother's Day, 1990, of a heart attack, as he was just starting to enjoy his retirement years.
  Military Service	1944  [3]
  	He was in the US Army in World War II in Italy.
  Record ID	150
  Death	13 May 1990	Dyersburg, Tennessee   [4]
  Burial	Dyersburg, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I150	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Moody Kellam Miles, Sr.,   b. 12 Jan 1878, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 10 Mar 1954, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Nolan Franklin Stant,   b. 20 Jun 1888, Sanford, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 7 Dec 1956, Salisbury, Wicomico Co, Maryland (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	12 May 1920	New Church, Accomack Co, Virginia   [5]
  	Mrs. Nolan (Stant) Russell of Sanford and Mr. Moody Miles of Saxis were quietly married last Wednesday evening, 12 May 1920 (Acc News, 21 May 1920).
  Family ID	F170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Ann Wilson,   b. 19 Dec 1926, Vicksburg, Mississippi d. 1 Jul 2016, Dyersburg, Dyer Co, Tennessee (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	30 Jun 1951	Memphis, Tennessee   [6]
  	Miss Dorothy Ann Wilson, of Washington, DC, and Dyersburg, TN, duaghter of Mr. & Mrs. T.J. Wilson, was married to Mr. Wilson Coleman Miles, son of Mr. & Mrs. M.K. Miles Sr. of Saxis, on 30 Jun 1951 at Evergreen Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN, by the Rev. W.J. Millard (Pen. Ent., 2 Aug 1951).
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Wilson Coleman Miles Sr. (1924-1990) Wilson Miles in WWII Army uniform
  		Wilson Coleman Miles Sr. (1924-1990)

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] PocCh 1898-1927 Baptisms, 76. [S3] Stant, Wilbur Z. - Family Bible, (Holman & Co, Philadelphia, PA, Copyright 1889), 3. [S27] Peninsula Enterprise, Military, 27. [S1147] Miles, Wilson Coleman 'Buster' Jr., 1147. [S43] Acc Co Marriage Register #4, 1896-1925, 43. [S27] Peninsula Enterprise, Marriage, 27.