- State: Georgia
Shirley Jewell Moore Giles, 87, passed away Friday, June 14, 2019, and Billy Tate Giles, 90, passed away Friday, November 1, 2019, in Shreveport, LA. They were married 68 years before their passing.
Billy was born October 23, 1929, in Trion, GA. He attended Trion High School, the University of Georgia, and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business at Centenary College in Shreveport, LA. He enlisted in the United States Air Force before working at Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation in the Measurement and Gas Accounting Department.
Shirley was born January 3, 1932, in Chickamauga, GA. She attended Gordon Lee High School in Chickamauga, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education at Centenary.
Billy was preceded in death by his parents, Eddie Ernest Giles and Mary Bernice Tate Giles; siblings, Harlan Raymond Giles, Willie Ray Giles, and Laura Tabitha Giles. Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, James Phillip Moore and Dora Bell Snow Moore; siblings, Doris Moore McGuffey, and James Nealy Moore.
They are survived by their children, William Dennis Giles, Linh Giles, Debra Anne Giles Lefelar, Gary Lefelar; grandchildren, George William Lefelar, Connie Chai Lefelar, Timothy Edward Lefelar, Amber Lake Lefelar; great-granddaughter, Kimberly Nicole Lefelar (their “Lil Bit”); honorary son, Santo Ferrara; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins; as well as their Co-Wed Sunday School Family.
