Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lyle James Roach, 90, father of Bristol Bird Club member Judy Roach of = Kingsport, TN, passed away Thursday evening (April 7, 2005) at Wilcox = Hall in Kingsport after a period of declining health. He was surrounded = by his loving family. The family will receive friends Saturday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, = Kingsport, from 3 to 5 p.m. Mr. Roach was born in Paducah, Ky., to the late James O. and Mae Roach. Lyle was raised in the Methodist church and continued his membership = throughout his life, serving in various lay positions on administrative = boards, as usher, and often by helping with plumbing and heating repairs = at the church and parsonages. When Lyle moved to Kingsport in 1991, he = transferred his membership from Reidland United Methodist Church = (Paducah, Ky.) to the Colonial Heights United Methodist Church where he = was active in the Upper Room Sunday School Class and the Upper Crust = senior adults group. He especially enjoyed their trips to explore = Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Lyle was a hard working husband and father, providing a Christian home = for his wife and children. He enjoyed fishing and taking Sunday = afternoon drives with his family to explore new places. In his = retirement years, he enjoyed camping and made many good friends at = various campgrounds in the Western Kentucky area. Lyle was Scout Master of Troop 16 at St. Mark's Methodist Church in = Paducah, Ky. He was a member of Local Union 184, Plumbers and = Steamfitters, Paducah, Ky., for over 60 years and was honored in July, = 2004 as being one of the oldest members of the Local. He also belonged = to the Paducah Masonic Lodge and Reidland Lions Club in Paducah, Ky. Lyle's career included work on the Kentucky Dam in the early 1940's, = nine years in Oak Ridge, Tenn., during and after World War II, and many = construction and startup jobs in the Western Kentucky area. He was preceded in death by his parents; twin sister, Lyda Heflin and = sisters, Marva Fletcher and Treva Pellum; and brother, Carleton Roach. Roach=20 He is survived by his loving wife of 70 years, Eddie Whitehurst Roach; = daughter, Judith K. Roach; son, Charles Lynn Roach; daughter-in-law, = Sandy Parker Roach; four grandchildren, James Lynn Roach, Charles Keith = Roach and wife, Deanna, Stephen Andrew Roach and wife, Suzanne, and = Kerri Roach Brotherson and husband, Jim, all of Paducah, Ky.; six = great-grandchildren; a special niece, Lynda Cochrum; several nephews; = and his beloved cat companion, Grady. Mr. Roach will be buried at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Paducah, Ky. = Details for services and burial are incomplete and will be announced = locally by Roth Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Jim Roach, Keith Roach, Andy Roach, Zachary Roach, = Colton Roach, Jim Brotherson, and Josh Powell. Honorary pallbearers will be Jerry Don Heflin, James Fletcher, and Gary = Roach. The family wishes to extend their sincere appreciation to caregivers Pat = Sutherland, Marti Parks, Phyllis Landwerth, Melissa Robinson, and Nan = Light for their tireless dedication to Lyle. Memorial contributions can be made to Meals on Wheels of Colonial = Heights, P.O. Box 5752, Kingsport, Tenn. 37663, the building fund at = Colonial Heights United Methodist Church, 631 Lebanon Rd., Kingsport, = Tenn. 37663 or the parsonage or paraments fund of Reidland United = Methodist Church, 5515 Reidland Rd., Paducah, Ky. 42003. Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport, and Roth Funeral Home, Paducah, = Ky., are serving the family. ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****