Ronald Floyd Lyle

Ronald “Ron” Floyd Lyle passed onto his eternal rest on Friday January 3, 2025 after a brief fight with cancer. Ronald was the son of Floyd and Ruby (Kirby) Lyle. He spent his childhood and teenage years in and around Gainesville, Texas. With cousins and family from both sides of the family the Lyle boys enjoyed getting into all sorts of trouble - generally as Richard as the instigator - as Ronald would note.

While attending Gainesville High School (class of ‘57) Ronald met Patsy Pryor. After graduation and a stint in the Marines, Ron returned to Gainesville and he and Pat were married February 4, 1960. They welcomed their daughter Kathy and settled in the suburbs of Dallas where Ron went to work for Texas Instruments where he picked up the skills that led him to jobs in the nascent computer industry with Raytheon, Digital Equipment, and Hewlett Packard. Ultimately the job took Ron and Pat to New Mexico where Ron worked as a government contractor at Los Alamos National Lab. Eventually, Ron and Pat returned to Houston and a comfortable retired life. With a computer and an internet connection, Ron was content to play in the stock market and lament the state of the current political climate. He was active in the Baptist Church wherever he and Pat went. After Pat passed away in 2018, Ronald moved to Virginia to be closer to his daughter and grandson. While Ron came to appreciate the beauty of the Shenandoah Valley, he was never quite warm enough. He loved his time at Honey Run Farm, the friendship and care of Gretchen Hazard, and the hilarious company of a passel of puppies (Oops his hands-down favorite).

In addition to his parents, Ronald was preceded in death by his wife of nearly 60 years, Patricia, his sister-law Yotta Lyle and a nephew Butch Lyle. Left to celebrate and miss him are his daughter, Kathy Clarke, his grandson Sam, his brother, Richard Lyle, and niece, Megan (Adam) Taback.

Ronald was a lifelong and devoted Democrat, Texan and Southern Baptist. In lieu of flowers, his family encourages you to vote your conscience in every election.