Clarence Delmer Pyle, Jr.

1921 - 1971  (49 years)

• Name	Clarence Delmer Pyle
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	11 Oct 1921	Wallins, Harlan Co., KY   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Clarence Delmer Chappell
  Death	24 Sep 1971	Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co., NM   [2, 3]
  Burial	27 Sep 1971	Fentress Memory Gardens, Jamestown, Fentress Co., TN   [3]
  Person ID	I50749	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Edna Otella Collins,   b. 30 Jan 1922, Tway, Harlan Co., KY d. 6 Dec 1997, Sarasota Co., FL (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1940	Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN   [4]
  	The Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, TN, Sunday, 7 Jul 1940, p. 5, col. 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/586955147/ Chappell-Collins CRUMMIES, Tenn. - R. C. Collins announces the marriage of his daughter, Edna Otella, to Clarence Delmar Chappell, June 21, at Tazewell. The couple will live at Crummies, where the groom is employed by the Crummies Creek Coal Co.
  Children	1. Peggy L. Chappell
  Family ID	F17792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Son of Clarence Delmer and Lucille (Calloway) Pyle, Sr. The Courier-Journal & Times, Louisville, KY, Sunday, 26 Sep 1971, p. B8, col. 2 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/163559661/ Former Louisvillian dies in collision of light aircraft and Air Force jet From AP and Staff Dispatcehs [sic] A 49-year-old former Louisvillian was killed Friday morning when a private plane he was in collided with an Air Force weather reconnaissance plane near Albuquerque, N.M. Clarence Delmer Pyle, now of Columbus, Ohio, was one of two men killed when the Cessna 150 they were in smashed into a mesa west of Albuquerque after colliding with an FB-57C jet. The other man was an Albuquerque flying instructor. The Air Force jet landed safely minutes after the crash with a small piece of the Cessna imbedded in its wings. The cause of the crash was unknown as of last night but Federal Aviation Administration officials were investigating and the Air Force said a board of officers will also investigate. Pyle was apparently on a business trip when the crash occurred. A contractor and developer, he was a native of Harlan, Ky., and worked with Jack Durrett Builder Developer, Inc., while in Louisville. He was a World War II Marine veteran and a Methodist. His survivors include his wife, the former Mildred Williams; a son, Tommy D. Pyle, of Beaufort, S.C,: two daughters, Marilyn J. and Peggy L. Pyle, both at home; his stepfather and mother, Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Chappell, of Louisville, and four grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Schoedinger Funeral Home, Columbus, and at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Jamestown (Tenn.) Funeral Home, with burial there.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2216] WWII Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947 ['Young Men's Registration'], (Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011.), (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 Jan 2025), card for Clarence Delmer Chappell, serial no. T1058; Local Board No. 75, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. (Reliability: 3). [S1652] Social Security Administration, SSDI, (Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 2011)), entry for Clarence Pyle, 1971, SS no. 404-14-3237, accessed 20 Jan 2025 (Reliability: 3). [S2327] Kentucky. Louisville., The Courier-Journal & Times (Louisville, KY), Associated Press and Staff Dispatches, "Former Louisvillian dies in collision of light aircraft and Air Force jet," 26 Sep 1971, p. B8, col. 2; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 20 Jan 2025). (Reliability: 3). [S2322] Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002, ((http://www.ancestry.com : 2008)), accessed 20 Jan 2025), Chappell-Collins, 1940, Claiborne County; (1937-1941):112. (Reliability: 3).