Jack Giles
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| Born: | November 21, 1915, Marion Junction, Alabama |
| Died: | July 10, 1982, Huntsville, Alabama |
| Buried: | Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama |
| Brother of: | Sara Giles |
| Son of: | Thomas Hendrix Giles |
Notes:
• Son of Thomas H. Giles and Ora Giles. - 1940 U.S. Census
• Played Football for Kentucky. - Record II
• In 1930 Jack Giles established the U. S. record for treesitting, staying up in the limbs for 10 days. - Record II
• Census shows him single, 24 years old and living with his parents. The occupation is a little difficult to read, but we think it says: Warehouseman, Wholesale Grocery. - 1940 U.S. Census
• Enlistment Date Jan. 27, 1941 in Huntsville, Alabama
Corps of Engineers, Sergeant (Component: National Guard)
Education: 2 years of college
Civil Occupation: Unskilled occupations in laundering, cleaning, dyeing, and pressing apparel and other articles
Marital Status: Single, without dependents. - Army Enlistment Records
• Husband of Marjorie Brown Giles (1918-1984) and father of Jack Giles Jr. (1947-2010). - Find A Grave
• Member of the Huntsville Bar Association. - Taylor
• Register of Circuit Court (Register in Chancery) 1953-1955 - Record I
• Recorder (Judge) 1954-1959 - Record II
• Huntsville City Attorney 1960-1962 - Record II
• State Senator starting 1967 and was still the Senator when James Record's book was published in 1970. - Record I
• "Director, Alabama Department of Industrial Relations; Chairman, Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission; Vice Chairman, Alabama Sovereignty Commission; Democratic Presidential Elector; State Senator; Trustee, Troy State University; Judge Advocate, DAV; Director, HIEC; Huntsville City Attorney; City Recorder; County Register of Circuit Court; Madison County Democratic Executive Committee; Outstanding Alumnus of Sneed College; U. S. Commission for Upgrading Traffic Courts; Chairman, T. B. Seal Drive, 1949." - Record II
• "A municipal auditorium reached the action stage after a new citizens Advisory Committee got to work pushing the matter during 1964. The committee consisted of Dr. Raymond Christian, James R. Cleary, the author, Mrs. M. K. Cummings, Jack Giles, Mrs. Katherine Porter, H. Clyde Reeves, M. B. Spragins, LeRoy Simms, Cleve Humphrey, Vance Thornton, Tom Thrasher, Walt Weisman, Col. R. M. Allgier, Ralph Perrill, James W. Johnson, and Houston Goodson." - Record II
• "The Space and Rocket Center vote was preceded by a long campaign headed by the author (James Record) as Chairman and 'Bear' Bryant of Tuscaloosa and Henri Aldridge of Mobile as co-chairmen. Act 863 of the 1965 legislature called for appointment of a board to represent all the State in operating the Center. Named to the Board from Madison County were John Higdon, Glenn Hearn, Harry L. Pennington, James D. Hays, Jack Giles, Werner von Braun and the author (James Record)." - Record II
• "Trustee, Troy College; State Sovereignty Commission; State Arts Council; Governors Commission Status Women, 1969." - Record I
• Board of Examinations & Appeals for Construction Industries - Record II
• "Honors were bestowed on many Madison Countians, including Jack Giles being named Alabama's Director of Industrial Relations." - Record II
• Member and Sergeant-at-Arms for the Huntsville Optimist Club. - Taylor
• Huntsville, Madison County, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1972. Still living as of 1972. - PGY
• Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission starting in 1965 and continuing at least until 1970 when this book was published. In 1970, he was chairman of the Commission and earlier was Vice Chairman. - Record I
• Jack Giles dead at 66
HUNTSVILLE (AP) - Jack Giles, who served as director of the state Department of Industrial Relations during George Wallace's administration, is dead at the age of 66. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. Giles, who died Saturday, was admitted to the hospital Friday night after he suffered an apparent heart attack.
Giles, a former state senator from Huntsvtlle, was chairman of the Alabama Space Science Commission at the time of his death. He also has served as a Huntsvtlle city Judge, president of the Huntsville Bar Association and a Madison County Circuit Court registrar. He was a member of the Troy State University Board of Trustees.
Giles is survived by his wife, Marjone, two sons, Jack Giles Jr., of Huntsville, and Tom Giles of Birmingham, three daughters, Phyllis Giles and Judy Moon, both of Birmingham, Mary Grace Giles, of Huntsville, and three sisters. - Tuscaloosa News
Related Links:
• 1940 U.S. Census - Page viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&indiv=try&h=60213714.)
• Ancestry.com - Page owned by benhk1 and can be only viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription.
• Army Enlistment Records - U.S. World War II as viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Jack&gsln=Giles&msbdy=1915&msbpn__ftp=Alabama%2c+USA&msbpn=3&msddy=1982&msdpn__ftp=Huntsville%2c+Madison%2c+Alabama%2c+USA&msdpn=26828&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=61g&cp=0&mssng0=Marjorie&mssns0=Brown&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=5348108&recoff=6+7&db=WWIIenlist&indiv=1&ml_rpos=10.)
• Find A Grave - Page created by Heather and photo of the grave by Nala.
• PGY - Political Grave Yard
• Record I - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentally of Alabama and the United States, Volume I, by James Record, 1970, pages 191, 291, 343.
• Record II - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentally of Alabama and the United States, Volume II, by James Record, 1978, pages 210, 380, 383, 386, 560, 674, 675, 729, 753.
• Taylor - Commemorative Album, Celebrating our City's Sesquicentennial of Progress, Huntsville, Alabama, by James E. Taylor, General Chairman, 1955, pages 204, 227, 352.
• Tuscaloosa News - Obituary that appeared in the Tuscaloosa News, July 12, 1982.
• Wicks - Images of Aviation: Huntsville Air and Space, by T. Gary Wicks, 2010, page 114.
The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• Record I
• Record II
• Sara Giles
• Taylor
• Thomas Hendrix Giles