1316. Ruth Allen Miles, gifted soprano, teacher, mother, poetess -- 113 years today was born!
I haven't posted for over a month, and I need to get back to it! This post was originally # 95, and then 1027. It is about my dear mother: Ruth Allen Miles, whose 113 birthday is today, May 10th. This was originally Blog # 95. It is one of the most read of all my blogs! My mother, Ruth Allen Miles, was a gifted soprano, teacher, mother, and also a poetess! She wrote quite a few lovely poems, and I have a few of them. I will include the poems I have in this blog. While Ruth was teaching at Salt Lake City, the winter of 1945-1946, and going to the U. Of U. she was summoned to her sister Adelia’s back in the small town of Washington, near St. George. Her mother, Levinah Emeline Wilson Allen had had a heart attack. Ruth arrived there a few hours before she died. This was taken of Levinah when she was about 20. In her history, Ruth wrote: "She died as she had lived – Bravely, with no word of complaint. Her last words were, “I’m glad to be here with my children