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Yale University Obituary Record
interred in Moravian Cemetery, Staten
Island Survived by wife, children, four
grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs Edward
Burgess of Shady Cove, Ore, and Mrs.
Alice R Bowne of San Diego, Cahf, and
a brother, Rufus S Rowland, '06
LUTHER BROOKS LILES
BA. I912
Born March 31,1890, in Helena, Ala.
Died August 12, 1947, in Anntston, Ala.
Father, Jesse Vernon Liles, a farmer in
Albertville and Alexandria, Ala , son of
Charles Alexander and Sarah (Swink)
Liles of Columbiana, Ala Mother, Florence
Isabel (Griffin) Liles, daughter of Orren
Jasper and Frances (Cannon) Griffin o£
Marion, Ala
Seventh district agricultural college,
attended Birmingham-Southern College
1908-10 Entered Yale College Junior year;
third honors Junior year; philosophical oration appomtment, Townsend Premium,
and honors in history Senior year, Yale University Debating Association Senior year;
member Alpha Sigma Phi and Phi Beta
Kappa
Attended University of Alabama School
of Law 1912-14 (LLB 1914, member
Omicron Delta Kappa), assistant in Enghsh University of Alabama 1912-14; admitted to the bar 1914, lawyer in Anmston
1914-47 (with Acker, Dixon & Sterne [Niel
P, '08 L ] and its successors, Knox, Acker,
Dixon & Sterne, Knox, Acker, Sterne &
Liles, Knox, Liles, Jones & Blackmon, and
Knox, Liles, Jones & Woolf, associate 1914-
19, junior member 1919-39, senior member
1939-47), president Lily Ice Cream Company 1929-47 and Crescent Stages, operators of inter-city buses, and Crescent Motors, Inc, operators of city buses, 1936-47;
vice-president and general counsel M and
H Valve & Fitting Company, Anmston,
1938-47, secretary Lake Louise Land Company, Anmston, 1927-40; judge Calhoun
County Juvenile Court 1916-18, US commissioner for eastern division, northern district, Alabama, 1917-18, entered U S Army
September 3, 1918, attended Officers Training Camp, Camp Joseph E Johnston, and
assigned to personnel board, transferred to
Officers Training School and commissioned
Second Lieutenant, Quartermaster Reserve
Corps, and discharged December 8, 1918;
liaison officer between Anmston and Fort
McClellan, and transportation coordinator
for Calhoun County under Office of Defense
Transportation, in World War II; county
chairman Crippled Children's Clinic 1937;
director Chamber of Commerce, Anmston
(chairman military affairs committee) and
Alabama Chamber of Commerce; member
Calhoun County, Alabama State, and
American Bar associations, American Legion, Masonic order, and First Methodist
Church, Anmston (on board of stewards
and board of trustees 1925-47).
Married December 24, 1918, in Gadsden,
Ala., Louise, daughter of Robert Harris and
Minnie (Morgan) McCall No children.
Death due to coronary thrombosis. Buried in Highland Cemetery, Anmston Survived by wife, two sisters, Mrs Dora Liles
Minns and Laurine Liles Porch (Alabama
Coll 1910-11), both of Birmingham, and
five brothers, Benjamin Franklin Liles
(died May 4, 1949), Lovick Pierce Liles
(BA Birmingham-Southern Coll 1901)
of Washington, Jesse Vernon Liles, Jr (Birmingham-Southern Coll. Class of 1912) of
Gadsden, John Lemley Liles (died Pecem-
ber 10, 1947), and Orren Liles of Birmingham
CHARLES ABRAM PARCELLS
BA I912
Born February 11,1888, in New Milford,
Conn
Died June 28, 1948, tn Bad Axe, Mtch.
Father, William Alonzo Parcells, owner
and manager of New Milford Creamery
and lineman for electric light company;
son of Alonzo Terry and Orinda Polly Par-
cells of New Milford Mother, Mary Elsie
(Osborn) Parcells; daughter of Charles W.
and Hanna Jewell (Gardner) Osborn of
New Milford.
New Milford High School and Hopkins
Grammar School, New Haven, Conn Second honors Freshman year and first honors
Junior year, philosophical oration appointment Junior and Senior years, Apollo Glee
Club Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior
Object Description
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1945-1950 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1945-1950 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
Description
| Title | Page 100 |
| Transcript | 100 Yale University Obituary Record interred in Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island Survived by wife, children, four grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs Edward Burgess of Shady Cove, Ore, and Mrs. Alice R Bowne of San Diego, Cahf, and a brother, Rufus S Rowland, '06 LUTHER BROOKS LILES BA. I912 Born March 31,1890, in Helena, Ala. Died August 12, 1947, in Anntston, Ala. Father, Jesse Vernon Liles, a farmer in Albertville and Alexandria, Ala , son of Charles Alexander and Sarah (Swink) Liles of Columbiana, Ala Mother, Florence Isabel (Griffin) Liles, daughter of Orren Jasper and Frances (Cannon) Griffin o£ Marion, Ala Seventh district agricultural college, attended Birmingham-Southern College 1908-10 Entered Yale College Junior year; third honors Junior year; philosophical oration appomtment, Townsend Premium, and honors in history Senior year, Yale University Debating Association Senior year; member Alpha Sigma Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Attended University of Alabama School of Law 1912-14 (LLB 1914, member Omicron Delta Kappa), assistant in Enghsh University of Alabama 1912-14; admitted to the bar 1914, lawyer in Anmston 1914-47 (with Acker, Dixon & Sterne [Niel P, '08 L ] and its successors, Knox, Acker, Dixon & Sterne, Knox, Acker, Sterne & Liles, Knox, Liles, Jones & Blackmon, and Knox, Liles, Jones & Woolf, associate 1914- 19, junior member 1919-39, senior member 1939-47), president Lily Ice Cream Company 1929-47 and Crescent Stages, operators of inter-city buses, and Crescent Motors, Inc, operators of city buses, 1936-47; vice-president and general counsel M and H Valve & Fitting Company, Anmston, 1938-47, secretary Lake Louise Land Company, Anmston, 1927-40; judge Calhoun County Juvenile Court 1916-18, US commissioner for eastern division, northern district, Alabama, 1917-18, entered U S Army September 3, 1918, attended Officers Training Camp, Camp Joseph E Johnston, and assigned to personnel board, transferred to Officers Training School and commissioned Second Lieutenant, Quartermaster Reserve Corps, and discharged December 8, 1918; liaison officer between Anmston and Fort McClellan, and transportation coordinator for Calhoun County under Office of Defense Transportation, in World War II; county chairman Crippled Children's Clinic 1937; director Chamber of Commerce, Anmston (chairman military affairs committee) and Alabama Chamber of Commerce; member Calhoun County, Alabama State, and American Bar associations, American Legion, Masonic order, and First Methodist Church, Anmston (on board of stewards and board of trustees 1925-47). Married December 24, 1918, in Gadsden, Ala., Louise, daughter of Robert Harris and Minnie (Morgan) McCall No children. Death due to coronary thrombosis. Buried in Highland Cemetery, Anmston Survived by wife, two sisters, Mrs Dora Liles Minns and Laurine Liles Porch (Alabama Coll 1910-11), both of Birmingham, and five brothers, Benjamin Franklin Liles (died May 4, 1949), Lovick Pierce Liles (BA Birmingham-Southern Coll 1901) of Washington, Jesse Vernon Liles, Jr (Birmingham-Southern Coll. Class of 1912) of Gadsden, John Lemley Liles (died Pecem- ber 10, 1947), and Orren Liles of Birmingham CHARLES ABRAM PARCELLS BA I912 Born February 11,1888, in New Milford, Conn Died June 28, 1948, tn Bad Axe, Mtch. Father, William Alonzo Parcells, owner and manager of New Milford Creamery and lineman for electric light company; son of Alonzo Terry and Orinda Polly Par- cells of New Milford Mother, Mary Elsie (Osborn) Parcells; daughter of Charles W. and Hanna Jewell (Gardner) Osborn of New Milford. New Milford High School and Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn Second honors Freshman year and first honors Junior year, philosophical oration appointment Junior and Senior years, Apollo Glee Club Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior |
