RAYMOND LEANDER HILES
Raymond Leander Hiles, b June 23, 1894 in
Garden City, Kansas, d December 8, 1957 in Dallas, Texas and buried in Woodland
Cemetery in Rosebud, Falls County, Texas - was the eldest of four children of
Henry and Mary Eleanor (Willis) Hiles who moved from Kansas to Mena, Arkansas
when Raymond was young. After spending his childhood in Arkansas, he moved to
Texas, as did his brother, Willis Hiles, who taught school in the Stranger
Community several years, married Minna Mae Simpson and had one son, Willis
Hiles, Jr., b ca 1935, who later became known as William Simpson. Garner when
adopted by his stepfather.
Raymond L. Hiles received degrees in
Education and Divinity from Yale University, The University of Texas, Hendrix
College, and Southern Methodist University. He served as Superintendent of
Schools in Kosse, Limestone County, Texas, and in Georgetown, Williamson County,
Texas. When the United States entered World War I, Raymond was commissioned in
1918 - being discharged on April 15, 1919 as a Second Lieutenant. He re-enlisted
during World War II in 1941- serving as Military Governor of Cologne, Augsburg,
and Swaben, Germany - being discharged in 1946 with the rank of Colonel.
On June 23, 1925 at the First Methodist Church in Rosebud, Texas, Raymond married Winnifred Henrietta Clark, b October 26, 1899 in Rosebud, d October 14, 1972 and buried by her husband - the eldest of three children of Daniel Curtis and Frances Veronica (Montford) Clark. Henrietta graduated from Texas Wesleyan College in 1924, and taught school in Georgetown and Killeen, Texas. She was active in church affairs until her death.
Raymond and Henrietta had two children:
Curtis Clark Hiles, b August 31,1932 in
Temple, d October 19, 1980.
Mary Frances Hiles, b March 8, 1938 in
George- town, Texas - married Thomas Charles Glass.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of
these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 228 column 1 and 2.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.
Additional info submitted by
Kathleen “Kathy” Marjorie Hiles
Mr.
Raymond Hiles and Marjorie Evelyn Penglaze (Born in 1901 in Chipping Sodbury,
Gloucestershire, UK) were married in July 1919 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Raymond
and Marjorie later divorced. They had one son, my father, John Lionel Hiles
(nicknamed Paddy) who was born in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, UK.
John Lionel
Hiles married Joan Henning Russell from the UK. They live in Austin, Texas and
have four children, David Russell Henning Hiles, Kathleen Marjorie Hiles,
Elizabeth Shelagh Hiles and Wendy Jane Hiles.
Raymond’s other
siblings were Robert E. Hiles; born June 13, 1902; died March 12, 1987 in
Arlington, Virginia and Juanita Hiles; born 5 Jan 1898, died 1 Jul 1972. Both
are buried in Brearley Cemetery, Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas.