Obit posted Potter Co., TX 
Miles D. King 
GILMER - Miles D. King, 74, died Sunday, Aug. 8, 1999. 

Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Upshur County Civic Center with 
Mac Wright officiating. Burial will be in Piedmont Cemetery by Turner 
Brothers Funeral Home of Gilmer. 

Mr. King was born in Gilmer where he was a longtime resident. During 
World War II, he served with the Navy aboard the aircraft carrier, USS 
Tulagi, in European and Asiatic waters. He attended Valley View High 
School and trade school at Valley View then went to California. 

After returning to Upshur County, Mr. King drove a school bus for 
Valley View High School from 1953 until 1955. In 1985, he retired as 
an inspector after 30 years with Lone Star Steel Co. In 1986, he was 
appointed to the Gilmer city council. 

In 1987, Mr. King was elected to the city council where he served 
several terms. A former member of the East Texas Human Development 
Corp., he helped obtain the local site for the Head Start Program. 

Mr. King chaired the city Neighborhood Improvement Committee and the 
Upshur County Appraisal District's condemnation board. He was a member 
of Disabled American Veterans, Selective Service Board and the Civic 
Center committee. 

Mr. King was a member and instrumental in obtaining a building for the 
Valley View Church of Christ. He was a former elder of Cypress Street 
Church of Christ. 

He married Ruby Turner in 1949.