Ralph George Wiles, 94, Dixon, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City.
He was born Sept. 16, 1928, to the late Gideon Thurman and Lula Roxie (Green) Wiles in Brinktown.
Ralph served his country in the U. S. Army.
He was united in marriage to Bonnie Maxine Albertson April 2, 1950, in Vienna.
Ralph was employed with the union in Fort Leonard Wood as a heavy equipment operator, the Maries County Sheriff’s Office as a deputy sheriff and the Maries R-1 School in Vienna as a custodian.
He was preceded in death by wife, Bonnie; daughter, Brenda Carol Carter; grandsons, Jason Douglas Dake and Martin Wayne Wiles; siblings, Wilburn Wiles, infant brother, Thurman A. Wiles, infant sister Mary Ruth Wiles, Jasper Wiles, Louise Faulkner and Thelma Bade.
Ralph is survived by sons, Ronnie Wiles and wife Debbie of Iberia, Mike Wiles and friend Joy James of Eugene, Randy Wiles and wife Alice, Larry Wiles and wife Beverly and Darryl Wiles and wife Kelly, all of Dixon and Jamie Wiles and wife Becky of Freeburg; grandson as a son, Donovan Wiles of Dixon; 21 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sept. 15, in the Victory Hill Baptist Church in Dixon with Rev. Dennis Nichols officiating.
Interment was in the Lambeth Cemetery near Vienna.
Memorial contributions suggested to Lambeth Cemetery perpetual care fund.
Arrangements entrusted to Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home in Vienna.
