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Pearlie Lizzie Emaline Gammel Miles
6 Feb 1892 – 26 Aug 1974
| Birth | 6 Feb 1892 |
| Death | 26 Aug 1974 |
| Cemetery | Hood Cemetery Somerville , Fayette County , Tennessee , USA |
| Added by | Nanette Claunch Jaco on 22 Jun 2017 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15894005 |
Bio
Pearlie Lizzie Emaline Gammel was born February 6, 1892 in Mississippi to Robert Thomas Pollack Gammel and Mary Ollie Markle. She was the oldest of 8 children and was named after her mother's mother, Sarah Emaline Miller and her mother's younger sister, Sarah Lizzie Isabel Markle. As a young girl in school her mother, Mary Ollie was taught to learn her lessons by singing them. She taught Pearlie to sing praises when she blessed her meals. This is something she did for every meal her entire life. On September 6, 1914 she married James William Albert "Will" Miles and they had three daughters, Ollie Mae Miles b.October 2, 1915 d.October 16, 2001 (who was named after both of her grandmothers), Clarice Beatrice Miles b. October 22, 1918 d. June 4, 1977, and Ruby Jewel Miles b. November 5, 1927 d.October 16, 2010. She was tall, 5'10" with long black hair and blue eyes. Well into her eighties everyday she would still sit down and take down her hair and braids. Then she'd comb it all out and braid it back into two braids tying the ends with bread ties and rolling the braids onto her head. I think it was around 1969 when mama(that's what all the family called her) was in the Baptist hospital on Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee for gallbladder surgery. There was a lady in the room next to her who's name was Mills who had had a stroke. Anyhow, the charts and meds were mixed up. She wound up in a comma(not sure how long) Which caused nearly complete blindness. She never regained her sight. It seemed her health declined from that point. It wasn't long before she and William moved into the house with their oldest daughter, Ollie Mae at 3827 Prescott Rd., Memphis, Tn. It was there with her husband Will and her daughter by her side that she passed away.
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Family
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Siblings
- William H. Gammel 1894–1959
- John Hillia Gammel 1896–1956
- Georgia Lee Gammel Rogers 1898–1990
- Mattie Bell Gann 1900–1986
- Robert Thomas Gammel 1902–1988
- Mary Ollie Gammel Matheson 1902–1984
- Lois Edward Miller Gammel 1903–1969
Children
- Ollie Mae Miles Box 1915–2001 FaG
- Clarice Beatrice Miles Holden 1918–1977 FaG
- Ruby Jewell Miles Rogers 1927–2010 FaG
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