Charleston Daily Mail
Fri., Jan. 7, 1994
Albert R. Giles, a South Charleston resident who remained active in community life for more han 60 years, died in Valley Health Village, South Charleston, after a short illness. He was 86. Giles was a South Charleston City Council member during the 1970s and remained a reliable fixture at council meetings after he retired from politics. "People on different sides of the issue would come to him for advice," Mayor Richie Robb said. "He was just a true gentleman." Along with former South Charleston Mayor Jay Alfred Poe, Giles compiled a five-volume history of the city that was published in 1990 and is kept at the community library. He was a retired contract coordinator from Union Carbide. Giles was a member of JOUAM and was named Junior of the Year of that organization in 1984. He was a member of Thomas Memorial Hospital board and Mended Hearts Inc. He served on many committees, including the South Charleston health board and the city planning and zoning commission. He was a 65-year resident of South Charleston and a member of Darlington United Methodist Church, South Charleston. He was named Rotary Outstanding South Charlestonian of 1982. Surviving: daughters, Mary Ann Watson of South Charleston, Wanda Droullard of Sanford, N.C.; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar. Entombment will be in Cunningham Memorial Park Mausoleum, St. Albans. Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home
Charleston Gazette
Fri., Jan. 7, 1994
Albert R. Giles , 86 of South Charleston died Jan. 6, 1994, in Valley Health Village, South Charleston. He was a retired contract coordinator from Union Carbide, a member of Darlington United Methodist Church, South Charleston, and the Rotary Outstanding
South Charlestonian of 1982. He was a member and named the Junior Mechanics of the JOUAM, and a member of the Thomas Memorial Hospital Board. He was a member of Mended Hearts Inc., served on many committees and a South Charleston Councilman. He was a 65-year resident of South Charleston. Surviving: daughters, Mary Ann Watson of South Charleston, Wanda Droullard of Sanford, N.C.; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar. Entombment will be in Cunningham Memorial Park Mausoleum, St. Albans. Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Charleston Daily Mail
Fri., Jan. 7, 1994
Albert R. Giles, a South Charleston resident who remained active in community life for more han 60 years, died in Valley Health Village, South Charleston, after a short illness. He was 86. Giles was a South Charleston City Council member during the 1970s and remained a reliable fixture at council meetings after he retired from politics. "People on different sides of the issue would come to him for advice," Mayor Richie Robb said. "He was just a true gentleman." Along with former South Charleston Mayor Jay Alfred Poe, Giles compiled a five-volume history of the city that was published in 1990 and is kept at the community library. He was a retired contract coordinator from Union Carbide. Giles was a member of JOUAM and was named Junior of the Year of that organization in 1984. He was a member of Thomas Memorial Hospital board and Mended Hearts Inc. He served on many committees, including the South Charleston health board and the city planning and zoning commission. He was a 65-year resident of South Charleston and a member of Darlington United Methodist Church, South Charleston. He was named Rotary Outstanding South Charlestonian of 1982. Surviving: daughters, Mary Ann Watson of South Charleston, Wanda Droullard of Sanford, N.C.; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar. Entombment will be in Cunningham Memorial Park Mausoleum, St. Albans. Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home
Charleston Gazette
Fri., Jan. 7, 1994
Albert R. Giles , 86 of South Charleston died Jan. 6, 1994, in Valley Health Village, South Charleston. He was a retired contract coordinator from Union Carbide, a member of Darlington United Methodist Church, South Charleston, and the Rotary Outstanding
South Charlestonian of 1982. He was a member and named the Junior Mechanics of the JOUAM, and a member of the Thomas Memorial Hospital Board. He was a member of Mended Hearts Inc., served on many committees and a South Charleston Councilman. He was a 65-year resident of South Charleston. Surviving: daughters, Mary Ann Watson of South Charleston, Wanda Droullard of Sanford, N.C.; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar. Entombment will be in Cunningham Memorial Park Mausoleum, St. Albans. Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement