Jerry W. Pyle

Rev. Jerry W. Pyle, 73, of Karns City, a well-known retired pastor went to be with the Lord on Saturday morning, January 16, 2016 at the VNA Inpatient Hospice in Butler.

Jerry was born in Cowansville on April 29, 1942. He was the son of the late Max H. and Nellie Mae Toy Pyle. He was a 1961 graduate of Karns City High School and a 1966 graduate Toccoa Falls Bible College in Toccoa Falls, GA. Pastor Jerry served as a Christian and Missionary Alliance pastor for nearly a half-century. He and his wife served churches in Eldred, Linesville, Alliquippa and Arbuckle. For the past several years, Pastor Jerry had served as the associate pastor, along with Rev. Mark Wallace at the Chicora Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. He retired on September 1, 2015. Jerry enjoyed collecting model cars, playing board games, especially Scrabble, working on puzzles, and baking buns. He most especially enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.

Rev. Pyle is survived by his wife, Sandra A. Byers Pyle, whom he married at the Chicora CMA Church on June 24, 1966. Also surviving are two daughters, Christine M. Burlingame and her husband, Doug, of Lake City, and Marie A. Shearer and her husband, Bill, of Mentor, OH; four grandchildren, Amanda and Curtis Burlingame, and Ava and Emma Shearer; two brothers, Floyd Pyle and his wife, Bertha, of Kittanning, and Jack Pyle of Chicora; three sisters, Catherine Elliott and her husband, Clarence "Butch", of Homer City, Nancy Bowser and her husband, Reed, of Kittanning, and Delores Boltz and her husband, Foster, of East Brady, as well as nieces, nephews, a brother-in-law and sisters-in-law.

In addition to his parents, Jerry was preceded in death by six brothers, Eugene, Arthur, Lester, Max Jr., George and Lloyd, a sister, Phyllis Waterson, and a sister-in-law, Judy Pyle.

Friends will be received at the Hile Funeral Home of Chicora, 339 Chicora-Fenelton Rd., Chicora from 1-3 and 6-9 p.m. Monday. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday from the Chicora Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, 310 East Slippery Rock Street, Chicora with the Rev. Paul G. Cope, the Assistant District Superintendent of the Western Pennsylvania District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, officiating. (There will be no viewing at the Church.) Interment will be in Bear Creek Cemetery, Petrolia. Memorial contributions in Jerry's name may be made to the Chicora Christian and Missionary Alliance Church Van Fund, PO Box 251, Chicora, PA 16025.

For more information, or to send a condolence please visit www.hilefh.com.

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