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      John Wilson Pyle, 86, former resident of Cisne, Illinois, passed away at his home in Winder, Georgia on August 19, 2023, surrounded by his family.

      He was born on July 21, 1937, to the late Melville F Pyle and Lucille Richison Pyle. He is preceded in death by his wife of sixty-one year’s Janet Courtright Pyle (2017) and only sibling, Linda Lou Pyle Kubek (2019).

      J.W. was retired from the Industrial Transportation industry. He began his working career as a telegraph operator and dispatcher with the B&O railroad at various locations in Illinois and Indiana. In the early 60's he moved on to a shipping foreman position at the Southwire plant in Flora, which led to his promotion and move to a sister plant in Watkinsville, Ga in 1971. In Georgia, he continued his career in transportation as a shipping supervisor with Westinghouse, later bought by ABB, and in 1978 moved to a plant in Jefferson City, Missouri. However, he moved back to Georgia in 1991 to finish his career with ABB in Athens and retired in 1997.Wherever he was living and working he always took his family back home to Cisne several times a year to see family and friends. He and his wife enjoyed traveling; mostly visiting family and friends. To Florida, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Virginia and back to Georgia, he enjoyed the driving. JW was a 50+ year member of the Cisne Masonic Lodge. JW and Janet were members of the Cisne Christian Church for a great many years, as were his parents.

      He is survived by three children: Jean Marie (David) Rigby, John Scott Pyle, both of Winder, GA., and Jessica Lynn Fambrough, of Jefferson City, MO. He has five grandchildren: Joshua (Terri) Rigby, Michael (Shelby) Rigby, Arielle (Jon) Frits, Mindy Fambrough, and Heather (Jimmy) Taylor. He has eleven great grandchildren.

      J.W. will join his wife at the Cisne Cemetery in a private burial service at a later date.

      Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.meridithfuneralhome.com.

      Hosselton-Meridith Funeral Home, Cisne, IL

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    1. Ron and Mary Anne Ayers / August 29, 2023 at 3:55 pm

      We are forever grateful that Mr. Pyle, during one of his visits to Cisne, left a B & O Railroad Magazine at the Flora B & O Depot during the Pandemic Lockdown. This magazine was dated Nov. 1, 1956. After the lockdown was over, the depot museum curator found the magazine left by Mr. Pyle. The magazine contained a story about an historic fabric that had been created by the Schumacher Fabric Co. The request for such a fabric was made by a Flora Railroader whose wife needed railroad-themed fabric to make a quilt. Some of that fabric has been used to create valence canopies for the Model Train Room windows.
      Thank you, John Wilson Pyle, for your thoughtfulness. I believe you are smiling down from Heaven as you view these colorful window canopies.

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