Arthur Lee Myles Jr.

Published 12:00 am Thursday, September 20, 2007

LEXINGTON – Arthur Lee Myles Jr., 80, died Sept. 19, 2007.

The Connersville, Ind., native was retired as vice president of Gulf and Western Industries, was a 1951 graduate of the University of Kentucky and a UK Fellow. He served in the Navy during World War II, where he was stationed in the Pacific. He was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church since 1958 and served as charter member and past president of Friendship Sunday School class. He was a Chancel Choir member since 1981, usher captain for 15 years, a member of Centenary Senior’s Group-SOCS, served on the administrative board and was past president of Methodist Men’s Group. He was a Lexington South Lions Club member since 1971, where he served as past president (1981) and received Most Valuable Member Award (1972-73; 1996-97; 2002-03). He also received the Melvin Jones International Fellow Award (1996), was distinguished as a Kentucky Colonel and was a 10-year member of Monday Club, Bellhouse Seniors’ Group and Seniors’ Kitchen Band. He was a past member of Lexington Jaycees, a 28-year member of the Civil War Roundtable and was an avid golfer and fisherman. He was a son of the late Arthur Lee Myles Sr. and Christine Trunnell. He was preceded in death by a son, Michael Myles; and daughter, Cathy Myles.

Funeral is at 10 a.m. EDT Saturday at Centenary United Methodist Church Sanctuary, with entombment at Blue Grass Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Visitation is from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. EDT Friday at W.R. Milward Mortuary-Southland, 391 Southland Drive.

Memorial contributions may be made to Lions Camp Crescendo, P.O. Box 607, Lebanon Junction, KY 41050-0607, or Methodist Children’s Home, P.O. Box 740, Versailles, KY 40383, Centenary United Methodist Church, 2800 Tates Creek Road, Lexington KY 40502, or the American Diabetes Association.

Online condolences may be made at www.milwardfuneral. com.

Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Margaret Eileen Sears Myles; two sons, Joe Myles and his wife, Betty, of Bowling Green and Paul Myles and his wife, Monica, of Douglasville, Ga.; a daughter, Carol Jean Myles and her fiancé, Dan Watson, of Lexington; a sister, Anne Binford; a grandson, Clay Myles; two granddaughters, Amanda and Kaitlin Myles; and several nieces and nephews.