Martha Elizabeth Lyle

Funeral Services are scheduled for 11:00 am Wednesday, February 8, at Ward’s Funeral Home Chapel for Martha Elizabeth Lyle, age 89 of Gainesville. The Rev. Bradley Elliott will officiate. Interment will follow at Alta Vista Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Tuesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Lyle passed away Sunday February 5, 2017.

Mrs. Lyle was born in Hall County, Georgia, on June 28, 1927 to Edward Lee Holcombe and Marybelle Peeler Holcombe. After graduating from Sardis High School and the Perry Business School, she married the late Bunyan Henry Lyle, choosing her career as a housewife, a homemaker, and a mother. She enjoyed gardening in her yard and trips to the beach and to the mountains with her daughters and friends. She was a member of Corinth Baptist Church in Hall County, attended Central Baptist Church in Gainesville for most of her married life, and attended Airline Baptist Church in her later years, always particularly enjoying her Sunday School classes.

She is survived by her daughters, Susan Adams (Eddy) of Cumming and Linda Hutchins of Gainesville, a grandson, Charles Adams, of Buckhead, a sister, Margaret Woodall of Gainesville, nieces, cousins, and special friends The Ron and Helen Cantrell family of Cleveland.

The family would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff of Manor House Assisted Living and Pruitt Hospice Care for their care and support in her time of need.

Condolences may be made online at wardsfh.com Ward’s Funeral Home 758 Main Street S.W. Gainesville in charge of arrangements.