Rev. A. L. Lyle

Jeanerette – A Celebration of Life Service for Pastor. A. L. Lyle will be held at 7:00PM on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at Calvary Pentecostal Church of Jeanerette.  A second service will be held at 2:00PM on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at Riley Smith and Sons Chapel of DeQuincy.  Interment will follow at McFatter Cemetery in DeQuincy.

Visitation will be held at Calvary Pentecostal Church of Jeanerette on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 beginning at 4:00PM until the time of service.  Visitation will resume on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at Riley Smith and Sons Funeral Home of DeQuincy beginning at 12:00PM until the time of service.

A native of Dequincy and a longtime resident and pastor of Jeanerette, Pastor Lyle died at 4:05AM on Sunday, November 19, 2023 at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center.

Rev. A L Lyle was born into what he called, humbled beginnings in a little clapboard home on the corner of two gravel roads. It was those beginnings that made him into the legacy that he became.  Feeling a call to ministry at an early age, he answered the call and became a giant in the Apostolic movement. His call took him to bible school, evangelism across the United States, mission work across the world, building churches, and pastoring for over 50 years.  There is no way to wrap up a legacy in one paragraph.  Hebrews 11:32 And what shall I more say?  For time would fail me…..

A man of God; the five-fold ministry in one, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, mentor, father-n-law, legend – this is Rev. A L Lyle!

The complete life, ministry and travels of Rev. A L Lyle can be read in his autobiography, I Answered the Call. To purchase a copy, email [email protected] .

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Carolyn Alston Lyle of Jeanerette; two daughters, Shaunda L. Chaddick and her husband Chad of New Iberia and Roxie L. Guillotte and her husband Jerome of Gulfport, MS; five grandchildren, Mallory Layne Chaddick, Cami C. Richardson and her husband Anthony, Morgan Chaddick and his wife Hannah, Grant Matthew Chaddick, and Gracie Claire Guillotte; seven great grandchildren; two sister-in-laws, Romayne Lyle, and Martha Nelle Winston and her husband Danny; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He is proceeded in death by his parents, William E. “Bill” Lyle and Florence Royer Lyle; a son, Marcus Anthony Lyle; a brother, Malcolm “Mack” Lyle; and a sister, Barbara Hollingsworth.

Serving as pallbearers will be Ashton Smith, Grant Chaddick, Morgan Chaddick, Jason Pierce, Luke Pierce, and Roger Duncan.

Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Sterling Winston, Landon Pierce.

David Funeral Home of Jeanerette at 400 Provost St. (337)276-5151 will be handling the arrangement.