Robert “Bob” Edgar Pyle, 81, husband of Patricia Brittain Cooper Pyle of Mt. Pleasant, SC passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2009.  The relatives and friends of Bob Pyle are invited to attend his Memorial Service on Saturday, January 10, 2009 in Hibben United Methodist Church at 2:00 pm.  Burial will be private.  Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL.  The family will receive friends at Stuhr’s Mount Pleasant Chapel on Friday, January 9, 2009 from 6:00 until 8:00 pm.

Mr. Pyle was born on July 25, 1927, and was raised in Middlebourne, West Virginia, son of the late Edgar Fleming Pyle and Mable Margurite Relyea Pyle. He was a graduate of Tyler High School and  West Virginia University with degrees of B.S.Ch.E., M.S.Ch.E., and Ph.D.Ch.E. An Honorary Doctor of Science degree was conferred by West Virginia University in 1980.  He was a member of the Irvin Stewart Society, a founding member of the Chemical Engineering Academy and a former member of the Board of Directors of the West Virginia University Foundation.  Mr. Pyle joined Union Carbide Corp. in 1952 at South Charleston, West Virginia, moving to Corporate Headquarters in New York in 1960.  After 34 years of service with Union Carbide, Dr. Pyle, a Corporate Vice President, retired in 1987 in Mt. Pleasant, SC.  He was a United States Navy Veteran and a member of Hibben United Methodist Church.
 
He is survived by his wife, Patricia Pyle of Mt. Pleasant, SC; three children, Susan Ann Perry of Nashville, TN, Paul T. Pyle of Ridgeland, SC and Roberta P. Hudson of Aiken, SC; and three grandchildren.
 
In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials be made to a charity of one’s choice.
 
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