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Samuel Pickles Lyles Jr.

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Samuel Pickles Lyles Jr.

Birth
Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
26 Feb 1992 (aged 53)
Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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From the Dallas (TX) Morning News, March 8, 1992:

A memorial service for Samuel Pickles Lyles, an Irving-based scientist whose research pursuits ranged from grape growing to surviving nuclear holocaust, will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church in Irving. Dr. Lyles, 53, died of cancer Feb. 26 at his sister's home in Cheneyville, La., where he was interred. He was 53. While working for the United Nations as a soil scientist, he developed a waterproof adobe that could be used in underdeveloped countries. As a member of the Army Reserves, he helped the Defense Department study ways to survive nuclear attack. Dr. Lyles also taught physics at California State University in Fresno and worked with vintners on ways to make grapes less susceptible to weather and disease. Dr. Lyles was a Louisiana native and earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Louisiana State Univerity. He went on to earn a master's degree and a doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Oklahoma. ***Survivors omitted for privacy.



Father's WWII Draft Registration showing middle name is Pickles.


Sam Pickles Lyles

United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

Name Sam Pickles Lyles

Event Type Draft Registration

Event Date 1942

Event Place Cheneyville, , Louisiana, United States

Residence Place Cheneyville, , Louisiana

Gender Male

Employer Sam Pickles/Lyles

Birth Date 17 Aug 1895

Affiliate ARC Identifier 576248

From the Dallas (TX) Morning News, March 8, 1992:

A memorial service for Samuel Pickles Lyles, an Irving-based scientist whose research pursuits ranged from grape growing to surviving nuclear holocaust, will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church in Irving. Dr. Lyles, 53, died of cancer Feb. 26 at his sister's home in Cheneyville, La., where he was interred. He was 53. While working for the United Nations as a soil scientist, he developed a waterproof adobe that could be used in underdeveloped countries. As a member of the Army Reserves, he helped the Defense Department study ways to survive nuclear attack. Dr. Lyles also taught physics at California State University in Fresno and worked with vintners on ways to make grapes less susceptible to weather and disease. Dr. Lyles was a Louisiana native and earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Louisiana State Univerity. He went on to earn a master's degree and a doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Oklahoma. ***Survivors omitted for privacy.



Father's WWII Draft Registration showing middle name is Pickles.


Sam Pickles Lyles

United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

Name Sam Pickles Lyles

Event Type Draft Registration

Event Date 1942

Event Place Cheneyville, , Louisiana, United States

Residence Place Cheneyville, , Louisiana

Gender Male

Employer Sam Pickles/Lyles

Birth Date 17 Aug 1895

Affiliate ARC Identifier 576248

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