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Attended 1918-1919
Did not graduate. She was a sub-freshman in the 1918-1919 catalog, making her with the class of 1923.

Birth: 23 Jul 1904, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Death: 27 Apr 1992, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama

Parents:
Reuben Franklin Biles (1855-1910)
Bertha Kate Misenheimer Biles (1878-1971)

Half-Sibling
Mabel Owen Biles Boger (1894-1964)

Siblings:
Leroy Jackson Biles (1903-1904)
Ruby Louise Biles (1906-1918)

Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Source: www.findagrave.com, #193623207.

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Attended Albemarle Normal School (Albemarle, NC) 1920-1921; Davenport College (Lenoir, NC) 1924-1925; Greensboro College for Women (Greensboro, NC), Art Department, 1925-1927; Summer 1926 took a course in Commercial Designing at the  School of Fine and Applied Arts (New York, NY).

Fall of 1927, was a member of the New London High School faculty.

A member of the school faculty at Thomasboro, 1931-1933.

Second-grade teacher at New London Elementary, 1933-1934.

Maiden School (Maiden, NC), 1937-1939.

Member of the school faculty in Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)  1940-1941.

Dilworth Elementary School (Charlotte, NC), 1959.

West Albemarle (Albemarle, NC), 1967.

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The Concord Times (Concord, NC), 12 Sep 1918, p. 4

Misses Celia Tucker and Elizabeth Biles, of Bost Mills, entered Mont Amoena Seminary at the opening Wednesday.

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The Albemarle Press (Albemarle, NC), 6 Sep 1928, p.7.

Miss Elizabeth Biles is now at Columbus, N.C. where she is superintendent of art in the grammar grades of the school there.

Stanly News and Press, 19 May 1933, p.5

Miss Elizabeth Biles,, is spending the summer with her parents.

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Stanly News & Press (Albemarle, NC), 28 Apr 1992, p. 2A

Elizabeth Biles

Frances Elizabeth (Lib) Biles, 87, formerly of North forth Street, Albemarle, died at 2:30 a.m. Monday, April 27, 1992, in Altamont Retirement Center in Birmingham, Ala.

Her funeral was at graveside today in Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, conducted by The Rev. Ji Clifford.

Miss Biles was born in Cabarrus County July 23, 1904, a daughter of the late Rubin and Bertha Biles, and lived for many years in Albemarle. A graduate of Mont Amoena Seminary in Mount Pleasant and Greensboro College, she earned her masters degree from Winthrop College and took advanced art courses at New York University.

A pioneer in the education of exceptional children, Miss Biles began her teaching career in New London and after teaching for many years at Dilworth School in Charlotte returned to Albemarle to teach at North Albemarle Elementary School until she retired. She was a member of Xi Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa teachers sorority in Albemarle.

Surviving are three cousins, Maxine Morris Douglas and Ann Dougla Henagan, both of Birmingham, and Emily Pounds Gwinn of Albemarle.

Memorials be made to Saint Vincents Hospice, P. O. Box 12407, Birmingham, Ala. 35202-2407 or to the Scholarship Fund, Xi Chapter, Alpha Delta Kappa, c/o Mrs. Carolyn Thompson, Route 1, Box 17, Richfield, NC 28137.

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Birmingham Post-Herald (Birmingham, AL), 28 Apr 1992, p. B7

Miss Frances Elizabeth Biles,
87, Birmingham, died yesterday. Graveside service 2 p.m. today, Elmwood Cemetery, Valley Chapel Funeral Home. Retired special education teacher, former resident Albemarle, N. C., member Albemarle United Methodist Church, graduate Greensboro College, graduated with masters degree Winthrop College, member Alpha Delta Kappa sorority. Survivors: two cousins, Mrs. Maxine M. Douglas, Mrs. Ann Henagan, both Birmingham. Memorials to St. Vincent’s Hospital hospice program, P. O. Box 12407, Birmingham, Ala. 35202-2407.