Dinah K. Somerville, daughter of Mary Artina Dotson-Miles and the late Joseph Edward Miles, was born August 7, 1953, in Mechanicsville, Maryland, the fourth of nine children.

On Sunday, June 8, 2008, Dinah, 54, of Hollywood, MD, departed this life at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D. C., after a long illness. She attended Immaculate Conception Church and later became a charter member of the Ladies Auxiliary 359 and served in the position of Financial Secretary. In 1995, she relocated to Hollywood, Maryland, whereby she became of member of St. John's Catholic Church.

Dinah grew up in St. Mary's County and attended White Marsh Elementary School, Banneker School, and graduated from Chopticon High School in 1971. During her freshman year at Chopticon, she met Charles (Charlie) Webster Somerville and they began to date. They remained a steady couple for the next 13 years until deciding to declare their love before GOD, their family and friends on November 25, 1978, at the Immaculate Conception Church in Mechanicsville, MD. This loving union brought forth two sons, Charles Webster II and Damion Edward.

Dinah was employed with the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services for over 20 years. She was a dedicated Federal employee for over 30 years. Also, Dinah spent time with the Smithsonian Institution and the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Dinah held various part-time employments with the Hecht's and Food Lion companies. In her spare time, she loved spending her Sunday afternoon at her parents' home, laughing, talking and joking with her siblings, nieces and nephews, and with any family friends that would visit that day.

During 2003, Dinah's health began to fail. She subsequently endured a continuous and embattled struggle with a difficult and elusive illness, which prevented her from resuming her normal daily life at work and at home. Thus, on June 8, 2008, in the shadow of the afternoon summer sun, GOD called to Dinah telling her to come home, ending her suffering. Surrounded by her loving husband Charlie, her siblings, and her friend, she took her last breath and her soul was released.

Dinah was a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt. She leaves to cherish her loving memory her beloved and devoted husband of 30 years Charles Webster Somerville, Sr.; her two sons, Charles Webster Somerville II and Damion Edward Somerville; four grandchildren, Lexus Friend, Charles Somerville III, Krystalee Somerville, and Landon Somerville; a devoted mother Mary Artina Miles; 11 siblings, Joseph Miles, Jr., Clementine Somerville, Garnell Miles, Laura Miles, Charles Miles, Paula Miles-McDonald, Shirley Miles-Jones, Jacklyn Miles-Chesley, Ernie Miles, Clara Tyson, and Diane Reed; mother-in-law Mary E. Somerville; life-long friend of 30 years, Veronica Miles, as well as a host of in-laws, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

The family will receive relatives and friends on Friday, June 13, 2008, from 9:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church, Hollywood, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. with the Reverend Ray Schmidt as the celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Mary's Queen of Peace Cemetery in Helen, Maryland. Serving as pallbearers will be her nephews, Ernie Miles, Roy S. Chesley II, John Tyler II, Jermaine Barnes, Thomas Somerville, Jr., and Roy Person. The honorary pallbearers will be Dante' R. Chesley, Javante Fenwick, George Somerville II and Carlos Young.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.