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He was active in many civic and business organizations, including Junior Achievement, the Chamber of Commerce and SCORE. He was a former member of the board of the Louisiana Chemical Association and Bayoulands Bank. He served for five years on the Louisiana Commission on Ethics for Public Employees during the administration of Gov. David C. Treen. Active in the Republican Party for many years, he assisted in founding the Republican Hispanic Assembly of Louisiana for Treen and President Reagan. He served as a delegate for President Bush at the Republican National Convention in 1988. He was a Free Mason and member of St. James Lodge 47, Baton Rouge Consistory, Plains Commandery 11 and the Royal Order of Scotland. In 1976, he was a founding member of the Caledonian Society of Baton Rouge, a Scottish heritage society, having served as its first president, and was awarded the society's Grant Award in 1989. He was the second president of the re-formed Scottish St. Andrew Society of Louisiana, originally organized in 1807, and was awarded the society's Bruce Award for outstanding service to the Scottish American community with special recognition from President Reagan. He was a charter member of the St. Andrew Society of Baton Rouge. He was a longtime member of the Clan Fergusson Society of North America and served as its secretary from 1980 to 1994 and as president-elect from 1994 to 2000.He was an active life member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Military Order of the Stars and Bars and was past commander of the Louisiana Society, MOS&B. He was a lifetime member of the Telephone Pioneers and IEEE. He was an avid golf player and was a member of the Baton Rouge Country Club. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and active in its mission program in Mexico. Mortal remains were donated to the LSU School of Medicine. A memorial service will be at First Presbyterian Church on Friday, May 27, at 11 a.m. Memorials may be made to Priscila Bible School for Girls, c/o First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 2006, Baton Rouge, LA 70821. Published in The Advocate from 5/23/2005 - 5/25/2005. |
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Miller [David MacFarlane Fergusson] Dial was born May 2, 1924, in Forest,
Cherokee County, Texas, and died Friday, May 20, 2005, in Baton Rouge. He is
survived by two sons, M. David Dial Jr., Dallas, and Dr. Jack G. Dial, Irving,
Texas; a granddaughter, Kim Brath, Baytown, Texas; two stepsons, James M. Brady
III and John D. Brady, both of Baton Rouge; two stepgranddaughters, Kelli Brady
Larose, Mandeville, and Stacy Brady, San Diego; three great-grandsons, all of
Baytown, Texas; and a special friend, Herta Spann, Baton Rouge. He was preceded
in death by his first wife, Ruth Sayers Dial; and second wife, Dodie Rogillio
Dial. A graduate of Texas A&M University, Miller was a resident of Baton
Rouge for 40 years. He was a retired vice president of CF Industries Inc.