Lyle L. Price

Papa Lyle,
I know you are looking over all of us now. I got to meet you about 9 years ago and you immediately made an impact on my life.
One of my first memories of you is when we celebrated Christmas at Uncle Allen and Aunt Kathy's house. You heard I was a bit of a singer and you had me and Uncle Allen in the basement singing all sorts of songs. Lots of them were songs from way before my time, but I tried my best to keep up.
And when me and Cort came to Branson to visit you made sure that I had some beer on hand. You even brought me one secretly and said, "I'm sure you are ready for one of these." :-) You know I was!

I will continue to listen to your CD of you playing and singing that you gave to us last year. I miss you already.

We had the privilege of being next-door neighbors of Lyle and Dorothy in Kimberling City for the past eight years.  We first met them when we saw them out in front trying to look around the heavily wooded lot next to us .  We invited them into our home so they could see the wonderful view that they would have of Tablerock Lake and the Ozarks once some of the tree were cleared away.   Lyle was a wonderful neighbor and person.  He loved to be out in the street talking to people and he was always laughing.  He had a great laugh!   He was also always willing to lend a helping hand.  One time our electricity had gone out and no one else's around here had.  It had been 20 hours, nobody had come out yet, and, bless his heart, here came Lyle with a very long extension cord plugged into his garage and he helped hook our two refrigerators up to electricity.  He literally saved everything in our friges and freezers.  He was always advising or helping with things either outside and sometimes inside our home.  His advice was always good !  In the summer, if we were going to be gone, he would water our tomatoes for us and, of course, we always told him to take whatever they could use anytime.  Our last memory of Lyle before they left the final time for Illinois was of him sitting on a stool out on the side of their house.  Wouldn't you know - even then he was worried about some of our lattice coming off the side of our deck and wondered how we were going to fix it !  What a guy !!!  We are going to miss him alot but we know it was his time to go home.

I have so many memories with Grandpa Lyle. His big hugs, great advice, moonshine beach, sitting on benches waiting for the women to get done shopping, all of the gossip, going to Uncle Johns and "helping", then just going to Kimberling City to visit. He had the best stories, and laugh. He knew how to fix everything.  What a wonderful man I am so proud of you. You fought so hard. I will miss you so much until we meet again.

We are both very sad for your father's passing. I know that losing a parent is not easy.
I will remember listening to some great rag time courtesy of Lyle, working on Noah and Ethan's club house with Doug and Lyle, listening to great stories at Brad and Susie's wedding from Lyle, Pam and Jeff and receiving a Christmas card from Lyle and Dorothy just like I was part of the family.
Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you all and with Lyle.

To Jeff, Brenda and family,
  We are very sorry for your loss.   I personally can't imagine losing a parent.  I'm sure you have wonderful memories of the many years you shared and for which you will forever hold close in your heart. I pray those loving memories continue to bring you comfort in the years to come.  Our sincere condolences.
  Love,
  Deborah and Charlie

Dorothy, Jeff, Brad, Pam, Doug, Dale and all other family members:

Our deepest sympathy is extended to all of you - we hold you in our thoughts and prayers.  I remember a time not long ago when Julie and I were in Florida visiting my folks.  Lyle and Dorothy were scheduled to visit soon after we headed back to Kansas.  I recall how much my Dad was looking forward to playing music with Lyle.  I am really glad they recorded some of their tunes together over the years.  We all have this to cherish.

Steve & Julie Price, Joshua & Jenny, Uriah & Carmen

Dorothy and family - so sorry to learn of Lyle's passing.  Did not know what all you and yours have been going through  Know you will have lots of memories that Lyle has given to all of you that you will cherish over the years  We will be out of town to a wedding when you are having your celebration of Lyle's life but will be in our thoughts and prayers.  Love, Sandi and Chuck 

I will always remember Lyle as my first real boss from when he hired me in high school to work at the bank.  He always had an interesting story to tell and even when a mistake was made he just turned it into a learning experience. I am grateful I had the opportunity to learn from him.  Dorothy, I am so sorry for your great loss.  Lyle was an amazing person who had an impact on many lives.