Laura "Irene" Pyles, age 85, slipped peacefully off to heaven on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012. She was born July 30, 1926 in Bannon, WV (near Silverhill). Her life was dedicated to her family as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was passionate about her annual planting of flowers, her long walks with her dog and making quilts which she donated to local organizations.
Preceded in death by her husband Roscoe "Dale" Pyles; an infant son, Michael; her parents, Chris and Barbara Cooper; her sisters, Betty McFadden, Georgie Buzzard, Mary Vannoy, and her brother, Bob Cooper.
She is survivied by her brother, Fred (Aretta) Cooper of Shadyside, Ohio; her brother-in-law, Floyd (Mary) Pyles of Silverhill; her son, David (Alice) Pyles of Cameron and their children Tory (Curtis) Rundle and Hannah Pyles; her daughter, Dalena (John) Riggs of Cameron and their children, Rebecca Riggs, Marisa (Nick) Starita, Andrea (Jeremiah) Magers; two precious great-grandsons who had a very special place in her heart, Nathanial and Colin Magers; and several nieces, nephews, cousins, and wonderful neighbors.
Friends may call at the Tennant Funeral Home in Hundred from 4-9 PM Wednesday. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday at the Meadowdale Cemetery with Pastor Doug Richardson officiating. Interment will follow in the Meadowdale Cemetery.
If desired, in lieu of flowers please make a donation to the Meadowdale Cemetery, c/o Loretta Francis, 118 Poplar Avenue, Moundsville, WV 26041.
You may send condolences to the family at www.tennantfuneralhome.com.
The following message is from Irene to each of you:
Dust if you must----Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better to take a walk or write a letter? Bake a cake or plant a seed, ponder the difference between want and need. Dust if you must, but there is not much time with creeks to swim and hills to climb, music to hear, books to read, friends to cherish, and life to lead. Dust if you must, but the worlds out there with sun in your eyes and wind in your hair, a flurry of snow, a shower of rain, this day will not come around again. Dust if you must but bear in mind old age will come and it's not kind, and when you go and go you must, you yourself will make more dust.