Mr. Joe Al Miles

August 4, 1933 - April 4, 2018

Dr. Joe Al Miles, age 84, of Hoshton, Georgia, died Wednesday, April 4, 2018. By his wishes a graveside Memorial service will be held Thursday, April 12, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cochran, Georgia. Mr. Miles was born August 4, 1933 in Hulbert, Oklahoma, to the late Percy Lee and Glenna Mae Miles. He was a 1953 graduate of Sand Springs High School, in Oklahoma and a 1959 graduate of Howard College in Birmingham, Alabama where he was a Rho Chi Scholar. Mr. Miles was a veteran of the U. S. Army and a retired pharmacist after forty three-years of service. He was a member of First Methodist Church, of Athens and a member of the Buford Masonic Lodge #292 F. & A.M. Joe was a champion skeet shooter and marksman. He had a passion and love of his guns, pocket knives, music, watches and deep sea fishing. Joe is preceded in death by his wife of thirty – two years, Paula Weatherly Miles, step-son, Eric Hagemeister and a brother Billy Dallas Miles. Joe is survived by his sisters and brothers-in-law; Margery and George (deceased) McKinster, Honaunau, Hawaii, June and Marvin (deceased) Smith, McKinney, Texas, LaDonna and Bob Smith, Prairie Grove, Arkansas, Glenna and Don Todd, Liberty, Missouri; step-daughter, Peggy Hagemeister, Helena, Montana; daughters, Donita McDonald, Flowery Branch, Ga, Amy Ray, Buford, Ga; sons and daughters in law, Ben and Gil Miles, Ware, Ma., Bill and Sonya Miles, Buford, Ga; six grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren; dear friend Joe Chastain, Gainesville, Ga. Fisher Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.