David Harrison Miles
Marine Lance Cpl. David Harrison Miles, 19, of Madison died March 10. He was born Feb. 12, 1989, in Huntsville. He graduated from Bob Jones High School in 2006, where he participated in ROTC. He was an Eagle Scout and attended the University of Alabama. He fulfilled his lifelong dream of joining the U.S. Marine Corps in May 2007, and was recently promoted to lance corporal after graduating from the School of Infantry in Camp Geiger, N.C. His family includes parents, Larry and Nancy Miles of Madison and Jim and Pam Brady of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; grandparents, Travis and Gale Miles of Athens, Charles and Jimmie Faye Grimes of Albertville, Lois of Madison and the late Maurice Craig and the late Sanford and Rosalee Brady of Martinsburg, W.Va.; aunts and uncles, Latricia and Bryan Smith of Athens, Lebron Miles of Huntsville, Ronnie and Deborah Grimes of Albertville, Roger and Sherry Brady of Moundsville, W.Va., Linda and Bob Kerns of Inwood, W.Va., Pat and Russell Spiker of Inwood., Mike and Bonnie Craig of Miramar, Fla., Dan and Sonya Craig of Lady Lake, Fla., and Martha and Steve Mitchell of Birmingham; great-grandparents, the late Harris and Bessie Miles Sr., the late Ewell Tomerlin and Pearl Scoggins, Corene and the late Ben Fossett, and the late Richard Bomar and Vertie Grimes, great-uncle Dallas Tomerlin and great-granduncle the late Harris Miles Jr.; Special cousins include Miles Smith, Jennifer Amos, Benjamin Grimes, Jeff Craig, Melissa Craig, Cindi Craig, Katherine Mitchell and Kristin Mitchell. Funeral services were at Wall Highway Baptist Church. Burial was in Huntsville Memory Gardens immediately following the funeral. In lieu of flowers, the family request donations to Bob Jones High School ROTC or Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund www.semperfifund.org in memory of David Miles. An online register book can be signed at www.madisonchapelfuneralhome.com.
