Article from unknown source with handwritten date of Oct 25, 1956. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Arthur L. Stiles, 88, of Madison Dies; Funeral Saturday "Madison - Arthur L. Stiles, 88, died about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Pleasant View Home in Huntsville where he was a patient only a short time. Mr. Stiles was born April 17, 1868, in Clark. He was married to the former Miss Anna Taylor Burton, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Doyle, near Madison; a grandson, Ronnie Doyle; two brothers, W.L. Stiles of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Joseph P. Stiles of Keytesville; three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Lessly of Higbee, Mrs. Elsie Alderson of Moberly, and Mrs. Ada Colman of Englewood, Calif. Two sons preceded him in death. Mr. Stiles, a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church, had served as a deacon there. He retired from farming in 1938, moving to Woodlawn. The family moved to Madison about four years ago. Mr. Stiles was a patient in Woodland Hospital in Moberly three weeks before going to Pleasant View Home. The body is at the Thompson Funeral Home. Services will be conducted 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Oak Grove Baptist Church and burial will be in an adjoining cemetery." Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562