Funeral services for former Ralls mayor Tim D. Lyle, 84, of Ralls were held at 2 p.m. Thursday in First United Methodist Church of Ralls with the Rev. David Ray, pastor, officiating and the Rev. H.B. Coggin assisting.Burial was in Ralls Cemetery under the direction of Carter-Adams Funeral Home of Ralls.
The former mayor and city commissioner died at 12:05 a.m. Tuesday in Crosbyton Clinic Hospital after a lengthy illness.
The Zion, Miss., native married Alma Acker on August 28, 1928 in Lubbock. He was a retired farmer, having attended Mississippi A&M. His family moved from Mississippi to Old Emma in 1916.
A Methodist, he was a former Sunday School superintendent, a trustee and chairman of the building committee of First United Methodist Church of Ralls.
He was a member of Masonic Lodge, where he was worshipful master for a year. He joined the Rotary Club in 1937 and was its 15th president, holding a perfect attendance record for 36 years. During World War II he served on the Crosby County rationing board.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Bill of Ralls; a brother, Thomas G. of Lubbock; a sister, Ella Mae McCorkle of Lubbock; and two grandchildren.
Ralls Banner, December 13, 1983
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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