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David Hyles Obituary
Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church of Aledo. Burial: Aledo Brown Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at White's Funeral Home.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to the First Baptist Church of Aledo Building Fund, 128 Elm St., Aledo, Texas 76008.
David L. Hyles, the son of Charles Hyles and Leah E. Wallace Hyles, was born in Aransas Pass and moved to Fort Worth as a child. He was a 1985 graduate of Southwest High School and a 1989 graduate of Princeton University. He received an MBA from Texas Christian University, was vice president of finance for Americredit, and a member of the First Baptist Church of Aledo.
Survivors: Wife, Amy Hyles of Aledo; son, Zachary Hyles; daughter, Jordan Elizabeth Hyles; and parents, Charles and Elaine Hyles of Fort Worth.
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Steven Rowell
October 7, 2014
Dearest David, I've had dreams of you for the past two nights. You and I went head to head our Freshman year for the same position, Center, on the Southwest Football team! You always inspired me to be better than I was, as a player, and even more as a person. My dreams included freshman football, junior year football in the training room laughing our tails off with Yates and Naler. The other dream was laughing so hard at lunch with you and Andy Karsner. I was devastated back when I heard the tragic news. And honestly I have felt a hole ever since. I've thought of you often! I'm a father now of a fantastic, wonderful 10 year old boy Kia, and in my last dream, you doted on Kia just as present and as thoughtfully as you always did as our Captain and as my friend. You always made time for us, every one of us. David, you made us all so proud of you and we are still to this day, filled with so many fond memories. I am honored to have been blessed by your friendship and leadership through all our years at Southwest. Zach, your father was and is an incredible man. I smile imagining the many ways you may be like your father. Take care of sweet Jordan and Amy! Your father is with you always. Much love and honor to you all.
David, I hope you and Jimmy Thomas are both laughing right now--I can hear you both saying as you look at each other, "Rowell wrote that?" We miss you David yet your spirit lives! God bless!
June 15, 2014
Our hearts are full of love and thoughts of you today. You were a special, loving father despite all the circumstances that you faced. We carry you with us always! Love, Mom and Dad
Mom and Dad
April 25, 2014
I know that you are so proud of your son and wish him the happiest of birthdays, as do we, his grandparents! He is an example in word, conduct, love, faith and purity. We wish we could hold you and see your sweet face. All our love, Mom and Dad
November 4, 2013
"When I remember you in my prayers, I always thank my God" Philemon 1:4 Love this day! Love the memories! Mom and Dad
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June 18, 2013
Life continues after death as long as we remember the sweetness of your smile, your kindness, your laughter, the gentleness of your touch, the precious meaning that you brought to our lives. Love forever and always, Mom and Dad
David, MaMa and me at her 100th birthday party, May 20th, 1996
May 12, 2013
Love never ends.
Amy Hyles
April 26, 2013
Our engagement on Christmas Eve. So many memories.
Amy Hyles
April 26, 2013
Honeymooning ! Love never ends.
Amy Hyles
April 26, 2013
Happy times--every year holidays with the family!
Amy Hyles
April 26, 2013
Mom and Dad
April 25, 2013
Do what you do, to the best of your ability, with a loving intent, for the good of all involved. "Teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart." Psalm 90:12 We love and miss you so much!
Mom and Dad
April 25, 2013
Do what you do, to the best of your ability, with a loving intent, for the good of all involved. "Teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart." Psalm 90:12 We love you and miss you so much!
Mom and Dad
November 4, 2012
What a special day to celebrate!! You loved to call us Ma and Pa Kettle when awaiting these events...hehehe, we all thought it was funny!!! We love you and miss you so much, Mom and Dad
Mom and Dad
November 4, 2012
What a special day for celebrating! You loved to call us Ma and Pa Kettle when we were awaiting these events...hehehe, we thought it was funny!!! We love you and miss you so much, Mom and Dad
Mom and Dad
June 18, 2012
It's been 9 years...we think about you every day and miss you so much! Loving you forever and always, Mom and Dad
April 25, 2012
Thanks for the precious memories! Special love on a special day!!
David - Princeton Football
December 3, 2011
David having fun at Princeton
December 3, 2011
David - Junior - Princeton Cottage Club
December 3, 2011
David's 1st Christmas
December 3, 2011
December 3, 2011
1989 Princeton University Yearbook
Mom & Dad
December 3, 2011
We so enjoy looking at you college senior yearbook. It's hard to believe that you would be 45 today! Your freshman year, I had a college group that baked birthday cakes deliver one to you. You said it looked and tasted terrible, but you all ate it anyway! So many wonderful memories throughout the years. All our love forever and ever, Mom and Dad
Amy Hyles
November 5, 2011
So thankful every time we watch the video you left us. Our angels definitely know the truth about everything. Thankfully ,you shared your life memories and history can never be rewritten. A lasting image to thank those who have loved and helped us. These people are still involved daily as they were with you . Gran,Pop and Lynn's family are still with us.
November 4, 2011
We love you, David, and we love the little, sweet angel that was born on this day! Love without end...Mom and Dad
June 19, 2011
Some of your last thoughts were those of a caring and loving Father. We take great joy in the memories that we do have of you as a Father and those memories that might have been. All our love...Mom and Dad
June 18, 2011
We are missing you today and every day. You are remembered and loved by all who knew you. You will be in our hearts and thoughts forever...Mom and Dad
Amy Hyles
May 6, 2011
What a wonderful life we shared!So thankful for the video tape he left to remind us of the awesome sacrifices made on our behalf by our friends,church family and my family. So glad we have this wonderful tape to share all his real feelings with each of us.Thank you again to our supporters-old friends and new--and my wonderful family.
Elaine & Charles Hyles
April 25, 2011
You were always so faithful to let us know how you wished things could be. Special love on a special day!
December 3, 2010
Not a day goes by that we don't think about you and carry you in our hearts; and, of course, today is your birthday, the most special of days! We cherish all our beautiful memories and are so thankful for the days that we were able to share with you here on earth. As always, loving you forever...Mom and Dad
Elaine & Charles Hyles
November 4, 2010
You are God's treasure. We love you very much!
Mom and Dad
October 16, 2010
Wish Heaven had a phone so I could hear your voice again. I thought of you today, but that is nothing new, I thought about you yesterday and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name.All I have are Memories and a Picture in a frame,Your memory is a keepsake from which I'll never part. God has you in his arms,I have you in my heart.
June 20, 2010
Remembering a son who became a wonderful Father!
June 18, 2010
Thinking of you today and always.
All our love,
Mom and Dad
David - Princeton Graduation - 22 Years
Elaine Hyles
May 9, 2010
David - High School Graduation - 18 Years
Elaine Hyles
May 9, 2010
David - Junior Year Baseball - 17 Years
Elaine Hyles
May 9, 2010
David - 16 years
Elaine Hyles
May 9, 2010
David - 4th Birthday
Elaine Hyles
May 9, 2010
David - 1st Birthday
Elaine Hyles
May 9, 2010
David - 8 months
Elaine Hyles
May 9, 2010
David - Christmas 1967 - 1 year old
Elaine Hyles
May 7, 2010
Charles & Elaine Hyles
April 25, 2010
Beautiful, loving memories never fade.
April 4, 2010
Jesus is Alive!
Elaine & Charles Hyles
December 3, 2009
Happy Birthday to our sweet angel in heaven. Loving you always, Mom and Dad
Charles & Elaine Hyles
November 4, 2009
Music, when soft voices die
Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory—
Odours, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken.
Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heaped for the beloved's bed;
And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Poetry Foundation
Charles & Elaine Hyles
April 25, 2009
In My Pocket
I have memories in my pocket.
They rattle among the change.
My memories of you are treasures I carry wherever I go.
They are stored in bits and pieces, parts of a beautiful whole
They give me comfort when I think I am alone.
Yes, I have memories in my pocket, like so much other stuff I keep there.
But of all the treasures I have, it’s the memories of you that are the most precious.
Karyn Lindquist Womack
January 25, 2009
I don't know if you remember me but David was my first boyfriend in 7th grade. You used to take me to his games in whatever sport he was playing at the moment. I moved from Fort Worth to CT in 8th Grade. I recently joined Facebook and looked up some names and found the posting from Princeton that he had passed away. I just wanted to give you my deepest sympathy. The words that were said about him seemed to describe him perfectly even back then.
Charles and Elaine Hyles
December 25, 2008
Dad and I are sitting here on Christmas morning, looking at a beautiful lake, listening to Christmas music and missing our beautiful son. We are so thankful that we know where you are and that you are safe in the arms of our Savior because of the baby Jesus that was born on this day 2,008 years ago. We carry you in our hearts wherever we go. Love always, Mom and Dad
charles hyles
December 3, 2008
happy birthday Davie. We miss you terribly every day Seems like yesterday that dr. Roberts came out and said that it was a boy. This was one of the happiest days in our life. You made us proud to be your parents. Miss you and love you.
Dad
Charles & Elaine Hyles
November 4, 2008
Be Still
Be still like the grass on a melancholy summer day
Be still like desert shrub.
Be calm and you will hear your loved one speak, in the stillness, in the calm, their love resounds.
If you are still this promise I make, you will hear the voice of your loved one helping you along your way.
Charles and Elaine Hyles
June 18, 2008
As we lovingly held you, our blessed son, David, went to heaven five years ago today. Our hearts are full of love for you and all that you held dear. We have such wonderful memories of you and that special thing called family. When you saw one of us, you saw all three of us. Untill we meet again, all our love, Mom and Dad
Elaine Hyles
June 15, 2008
You always said that your Dad was your hero and your friends have told us that you said the same thing to them. God bless all Fathers and help them to be like You. We miss you. Love Without End, Mom and Dad
Elaine Hyles
May 10, 2008
Tomorrow is Mother's Day. Thank you God for letting me be David's Mother. Instead of David giving me slobbery kisses, I have to settle for those of Pudge, the puppy you gave me 11 years ago. To be a dog, he's so much like you, in that he has such a sweet and loving spirit and loves to play ball as you did. Dad and I don't know what we'd do without him. Please God, give my Davy a big hug and a kiss! All our love, Mom and Dad
Elaine Hyles
April 25, 2008
To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say...
but first of all, to let you know, that I arrived okay.
I'm writing this from heaven. Here I dwell with God above.
Here, there's no more tears of sadness; here is just eternal love.
Please do not be unhappy just because I'm out of sight.
Remember that I'm with you every morning, noon and night.
That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through,
God picked me up and hugged me and He said, "I welcome you."
It's good to have you back again; you were missed while you were gone.
As for your dearest family, they'll be here later on.
I need you here badly; you're part of my plan.
There's so much that we have to do, to help our mortal man."
God gave me a list of things, that he wished for me to do.
And foremost on the list, was to watch and care for you.
And when you lie in bed at night, the day's chores put to flight.
God and I are closest to you....in the middle of the night.
When you think of my life on earth, and all those loving years
because you are only human, they are bound to bring you tears.
But do not be afraid to cry; it does relieve the pain.
Remember there would be no flowers, unless there was some rain.
I wish that I could tell you all that God has planned.
But if I were to tell you, you wouldn't understand.
But one thing is for certain, though my life on earth is o'er.
I'm closer to you now, than I ever was before.
There are many rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb;
but together we can do it by taking one day at a time.
It was always my philosophy and I'd like it for you too...
that as you give unto the world, the world will give to you.
If you can help somebody who's in sorrow and pain,
then you can say to God at night......"My day was not in vain."
And now I am contented....that my life has been worthwhile,
knowing as I passed along the way, I made somebody smile.
So if you meet somebody who is sad and feeling low,
just lend a hand to pick him up, as on your way you go.
When you're walking down the street, and you've got me on your mind;
I'm walking in your footsteps only half a step behind.
And when it's time for you to go.... from that body to be free,
remember you're not going.....you're coming here to me.
Ruth Ann Mahaffey (author)
©Copyright 1998-2008
Elaine Hyles
April 23, 2008
Hi Sweetheart. We miss you so much. Rest in peace my Son. We will love you forever, Mom and Dad
Elaine Hyles
March 26, 2008
Your Easter Sunday entry seemed to have gotten lost, but basically your father and I were having sweet memories of how much you loved hunting Easter eggs. I would hide them dozens and dozens of times each year, inside or outside, it didn't matter. Your dad says he wishes you were here so we could go Easter-egg hunting. Thank you God for sending your Son so that mine might live. We love you, Mom and Dad.
Elaine Hyles
March 24, 2008
In My Pocket
I have memories in my pocket.
They rattle among the change.
My memories of you are treasures I carry wherever I go.
They are stored in bits and pieces, parts of a beautiful whole
They give me comfort when I think I am alone.
Yes, I have memories in my pocket, like so much other stuff I keep there.
But of all the treasures I have, it’s the memories of you that are the most precious.
Charles Hyles
December 25, 2007
As we celebrate the birth of Jesus today, we also celebrate the life of our only precious son. We take great comfort in remembering all the good times we had in Christmas' past and knowing that you are in Heaven with our Lord and Savior. We wish that you could be with us today but we know that you are in a better place. We will love you always, Mom and Dad
Elaine Hyles
December 3, 2007
December 3, 1966 was the happiest day of our lives. Our hearts are filled each and every day of the sweetest memories one could have of a son. As I sit here in your room today, I can recall nothing but happy times and a son that grew into a man with such a beautiful mind, a sweet spirit and a loving heart. We will never forget! All our love...until we meet again, Mom and Dad
Elaine Hyles
November 4, 2007
Words cannot express how much we love you and miss you. All our love, Mom and Dad
Charles Hyles
October 3, 2007
Hi Honey! Not a day goes by that we don't think about you and miss you so very much. We love you, Mom and Dad
Gary Wood
June 24, 2003
How this could justly fit into any grand reasoning is beyond me. It's been many years since knowing David at Lockheed, but he made a lasting impression on me as a true-blue good guy. Best wishes to his family.
Janet Ciancarelli
June 24, 2003
I worked with David at General Dynamics and remember him as such a nice person that I admired. David was liked by everyone and a pleasure to work with. I want to express my condolences to the family.
Jill & Michael Unell
June 23, 2003
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Hope you find comfort in the happy memories. God Bless.
Carla Bezner
June 20, 2003
Dear Charlie, Elaine and family, Here's hoping you're able to find comfort, in happy memories. My thoughts and prayers are with you. With Deepest Sympathy.
Sincerely, Carla Bezner
Alton Pennington
June 19, 2003
Our family expresses our deepest sympathy for your recent loss and may God provide his strength to all the Hyles family at this time. When working with Charlie in the North Lab, there where very few days that went by that he did not have a wonderful story to tell us about his son’s baseball games or his times at Princeton.
Alton Pennington
Sheila Mitchell
June 19, 2003
My thoughts and prayers are with David's family at this time. I worked with David in the F/A-22 Finance Organization at Lockheed Martin and he was truly one of the good guys. He will be remembered fondly by so many.
Coach Lee Johsnon & Family
June 19, 2003
Our thoughts and prayers go out to this lovely family in this trying time. Please know that David is in a safe place watching over you and will help guide you through your journey of life.
Eric Schorn
June 19, 2003
It saddens me to hear of David's passing. David and I lived on the same street in Ft. Worth growing up. We played baseball together in high school. I have always been proud of David (a fellow Southwest High boy) for graduating from Princeton.
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