Dorothy Margaret Pyles

Surrounded by her loving family, Dorothy Margaret Lewis Pyles departed this world on June 9, 2012 at Monongalia General Hospital. She was born to Mildred Mae Holbert Lewis and Denver Dix Lewis on September 6, 1933. Dorothy began her professional life as an operator for C&P Telephone Company where she met her husband of 25 years, Caleb Franklin "Frank" Pyles. After they married, she became a homemaker, mother and an exceptional seamstress, sewing beautiful clothes and costumes for her children and even sewing professionally. Later, she acquired the Morgantown Telephone Answering Service and grew it into an in-demand business. Many years later, she sold the business and went to work as a dispatcher for the West Virginia State Police in Morgantown, and then went on to work for several years in the Office of the Monongalia County Clerk until her retirement. Dorothy loved swimming, Halloween and birthdays. She also enjoyed Christmas Santas and taking photographs. She was an avid animal lover and served as Vice President of the Monongalia County Humane Society for many years, answering the phone for them, going on some rescues and fostering many stray, unwanted or mistreated animals. She was also immensely interested in genealogy and put in years of rigorous research and compiled volumes of genealogical data. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her husband, Frank. Surviving her are her daughters and son and their families: Erin Pyles Webb; Caleb Martin "Kip" Pyles and wife Victoria Cross Pyles; Leigh Anne Pyles Keener and husband Jay Mace Keener - all of Morgantown. Grandchildren: Eryck Hensley Webb and wife Kristina Jobe Webb of East Liverpool, Ohio; Adrya Lynn Webb of Ashburn, VA; Raini Dawn Keener, Emily Gail Keener, Brianna Renee Pyles, Kyleigh Beth Pyles, all of Morgantown; And great-granddaughter, Brooklyn Lei Rogers, also of Morgantown. Friends may call at the Fred L. Jenkins Funeral Home on Tuesday June 12 from 2-4 and 7-9pm and again on Wednesday from 11am until time of services at 12 noon with Rev. George Koon, Jr., officiating. Burial will follow at the Nicholson Chapel Cemetery.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Fred L. Jenkins Funeral Home 10 S. High St. morgantown, wv 26501

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Fred L. Jenkins Funeral Home 10 S. High St. morgantown, wv 26501