Frankland W. L. Miles Jr, of Duxbury, passed away on May 26 at the age of 84 at the Coyne Healthcare in Rockland.  Mr. Miles graduated from Roxbury Latin, Mass Maritime Academy where he received his B.S in Marine Transportation, Harvard where he received his A.B and Boston University Law School where he received his J.D.  He served in the U.S Coast Guard during WWII as the third, second and acting Chief Mate on American merchant ships in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean theatres. He was an attorney and partner with his brother at Miles and Miles, Esquire and practiced in Boston, Plymouth and Duxbury.

He was the past president of the Mass. Maritime Academy and was a member of the Mass. Maritime Alumni Association, the Board of Visitors, Mass. Maritime Academy Treasurer and received the Alumnus of the Year  Award in 1967. He was also past president of the Old Colony Harvard Club, a member of the Harvard Club of Boston, Class Committee for the class of 1949 and the Pi Eta Speakers Club and a member of the Boston University Law School Alumni Association.

Mr. Miles was a former legislative assistant to Minority Leader, Charles Gibbons of the Mass. House of Representatives, former special assistant to Attorney General Edward Brooke, Chairman of the Mass. State College Building Authority for 13 years, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Mass. Maritime Academy, Corporator for Whitman Savings Bank, and trustee at Jordan Hospital,  E. Joseph Evans Charitable Trust and the Brimmer and May School.

Mr. Miles was a former member of the Local 11, International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots, A.F. of L. C.I.O and a member of the Boston Area Counsel to International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots.

He was a former moderator at the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Duxbury, and for the Pilgrim Association of Congregational Christian Churches which included 52 churches in Southeastern Mass and a counsel at the Merrimac Mission in Boston.  He was also a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, an honorary member of the Boston Marine Society, Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Duxbury Community Men’s Club of which he was also past president, the Loyalty Lodge A.F & A.M, St. Paul’s Royal Arch Chapter, Boston Commandery, Knights Templar, Alleppo Temple, Shrine of North America, Duxbury Historical Society, Steamboat Historical Society of America, the National Geographic Society and the U.S Naval Institute.

Mr. Miles leaves his wife Priscilla (Stahl) of Duxbury, and was the brother of the late John G. Miles, Esq.  A private graveside service will be held with a memorial service at a later date in Duxbury.