1927

Emma Dora Miles was born about 1927 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA a child of Walter Leon Miles and Lillie Easter Owens Miles .

1930

Emmie D Miles was counted in the census on 03 May 1930 in Wateree Township, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 2-year-old, female, single, female, daughter. Also in the home was her father, Walter L Miles; her mother, Lillie E Miles; her siblings, Mildred E Miles, Oliver L Miles, Dorthy Miles; his paternal grandmother, Nancy E Miles; and her cousin, Margarite E Owens.

1940

Emma Dora Miles was counted in the census on 12 Apr 1940 in Wateree Township, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 13-year-old, female, single, female, daughter. Also in the home was her father, W L Miles; her mother, Lillie E Miles; her siblings, Mildred Miles, Oliver L Miles, Doris Miles, Fay Miles, Betty Miles, and William Preston Miles; and her uncle, Owens Poynor Miles.

1949

On February 6, 1949, Emma Dora Miles was listed in the newspaper article “Amma Dora Miles.”

When she was 22, she married Broadus Bilbo Jr, son of Broadus Bilbo Sr and Rogers, on 03 Apr 1949 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Blaney Baptist Church.

On April 17, 1949, Miss Emma Dora Miles was listed in the newspaper article “Miles – Bilbo Vows Spoken.“

April 17, 1949, Mrs. Broadus C. Bilbo, Jr., was listed in the newspaper article “Mrs. Broadus C. Bilbo, Jr.,”

2005

She died on 21 Aug 2005. She was buried on 23 Aug 2005 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA at Greenlawn Memorial Park. 

Emma Miles Bilbo

COLUMBIA – Service for Emma Dora Miles Bilbo, 77, will be held Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 11 a.m. at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1005 Asbury Drive, Columbia, S.C. 29209. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home prior to the service.

Mrs. Bilbo died Sunday, August 21, 2005. Born in Blaney, she was a daughter of the late Walter Leon Miles and Lillie Owens Miles. A graduate of the Camden Hospital School of Nursing, she retired as a registered nurse after thirty years with Providence Hospital.

Mrs. Bilbo was a member of Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church.

Surviving are her husband, Broadus C. “Bill” Bilbo; son and daughter-in-law, Dale Randolph Bilbo and Carol Bilbo of Columbia; daughter, Deborah Lynn Bilbo of Columbia; brother, William P. Miles of Elgin; sisters, Mildred Branham of Columbia, Doris Fulmer of Elgin, Faye Duich of Farrel, Pa., Betty Poole of Elgin and Gloria Squires of Camden; grandchildren, Daniel Roger Bilbo and his wife, Jennie Player Bilbo, Gary Matthew Bilbo and Christy Shipley and her husband, Trae Shipley; and great-granddaughter, Jaylee Rebecca Bilbo.

She was predeceased by sons, Donald Bilbo and David Christopher Bilbo; and brother, Oliver Leon Miles.

2011

On January 25, 2011, Emmadora Bilbo was listed as a deceased sister in the obituary of William “Cuz” Preston Miles.

2016

On December 12, 2016, Emma Dora Bilbo was listed as a deceased sister in the obituary of Doris Miles Fulmer.

2018

On December 13, 2018, Emmadora Bilbo was listed as a deceased sister, in the obituary of Betty Miles Poole.