Donald Lee Miles, Sr.

Funeral Services for Donald Miles, Sr., 68, Elk City resident, will be held 1:00 pm, Monday, January 30, 2023, in the Community Fellowship Church officiated by Rev. Dolan Ivey. Burial will follow in the Hammon Indian Mennonite Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.

A Wake Service will be held 6:00 pm till 9:00 pm Sunday in the Hammon Emergency Resource Center (ERC).

Donald Lee Miles, Sr., (Ma’he’on’ehe Mo’ehno’ha “Medicine Horse”) was born September 13, 1954, to John Miles and Minnie (Whiteman) Miles in Clinton, OK and passed away Monday, January 23, 2023, in the Great Plains Medical Center in Elk City, OK.

Donald was raised in Hammon, OK where he attended Hammon Schools. He enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 1972 was honorable discharged in 1976. He was married to Evelyn Highwalker on December 25, 1977, and she preceded him death in 2004.

He had been employed by the Cheyenne/Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma as an Economic Developer, farm labor and he worked for the United Parcel Service.

He enjoyed playing pool, bowling, beadwork, playing softball and watching Hammon Basketball.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, brother Rudy Miles, sister, Esther Seger and a son Louis Marshall, nephew, Gary Don Chandler.

He is survived by four daughters, Donita Philips and husband, Jeremey, and Roseann Miles, all of Elk City, OK, Candi Miles, Clinton and Kathy Bullcoming, Elk City, OK, sons, Donald “Sink” Miles, Jr., Hammon, OK and Charles Highwalker Hammon, OK and Christopher Miles, OKC, OK, three sisters, Elaine Bird, Clinton, Cheryl Carter, Hobart and May Ann Miles, Hammon and brother, James Miles, Hammon, OK.

He is also survived by 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.