"Love That is Tender Leaves a Strong Message in Room 844". Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee. Love Story of Jim and Dorothy Chiles


Lt. James (Jim) Olin Chiles and Dorothy Ruth Lindenmayer Chiles
The following Article tells the "Love Story"
between Jim and Dorothy Chiles.
"Love That is Tender Leaves a
Strong Message in Room 844"
Peabody Hotel
Memphis, Tennessee
This article was printed in the Memphis Press-Scimitar,
on December 22, 1950,
on what would have been
Jim and Dorothy Chiles' Fifth Wedding Anniversary.


(This is how the article looked when it appeared in the Newspaper --
Keep scrolling down to see in a readable size)
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Every night, before going to sleep, Jim and Dorothy Chiles prayed and read their Bible together.



Jim and Dorothy Chiles on the steps of the old Bellevue Baptist Church,
Dr. Robert G. Lee, Pastor
Click on the above picture to read the
written by Lt James Olin Chiles to his wife, Dorothy,
while he was on the Navy Carrier,
the USS Midway .

Click on the above picture to view the page devoted to our sweet mother,
Dorothy Ruth Lindenmayer Chiles