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                   LESTER TRUMAN CARLYLELester Truman Carlyle, age 101, Raytown, Missouri, passed away Saturday, September 27, 2008, at The Bickford House in Raytown.He was born April 21, 1907 in Elm, Missouri, the son of Urias Winfrey and Mary Francis (Maloney) Carlyle. He was a 1927 graduate of Elm High School and the Short Course of Farming Through Practical Scientific Knowledge at the College of Agriculture, University of Missouri in Columbia.On September 16, 1928 he married Flossie Irene Jones in Concordia, Missouri. They moved to south Missouri in 1936 where Lester managed grocery stores in Dunn and Mountain View. They moved to Kingsville in 1941 and to Odessa in 1946. Lester retired from Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in 1972 after 24 years of employment there. Throughout his life Lester enjoyed farming and was known for growing the largest and sweetest watermelons known to all who enjoyed them. His wife, Flossie, preceded him in death May 22, 1979. He married Anna Shalon in March, 1980 and she preceded him in death in January, 1987. In November 1988, he was wedded to Elizabeth Pearl (White) Bowman in Odessa. She preceded him in death November 19, 1994.Lester left farming in 1999 and moved to Harmony Gardens in Warrensburg. After the death of his eldest son Billy, he moved to The Bickford House in Raytown to be near his daughters.Lester accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal savior when he was a teenager. He would read to his brother Lloyd, from their mothers Bible as Lloyd struck matches for light before they retired for the night. His love for Gods Word gave him many opportunities to teach the Word during his lifetime. Lester has enjoyed a full and meaningful life and through all these years he learned to trust God to give him the strength to adjust quickly to the difficulties of life. God blessed him with a keen and alert mind and interest in the affairs of the nation and the world until the last days of his illness. He and his sister Oma have written many poems of family and activities during their lifetimes, which are treasured by family and friends.Surviving his passing are one son, Clinton Carlyle and wife Alice, High Point, MO; three daughters, Carmin, Mrs. Marion Farley, Grandview, MO, Wanda, Mrs. Ralph LaForge, Kansas City, MO, and Sharon Carlyle, Lees Summit, MO; a daughter-in-law, Mary Carlyle Carstensen, Warrensburg, MO; one sister, Maye Ryland, Raytown, MO; two sisters-in-law, Mona Brown, Lees Summit, MO, and Mabel Golladay, Holden, MO; 12 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 3, 2008 at Elm Spring Baptist Church, Kingsville, MO, under the direction of Ben Cast & Son - Wood Funeral Home, Holden, MO with the Reverend Charles Norman and Chaplain Clayton Moore officiating.Pallbearers will be Nate Carlyle, Josh Carlyle, Ken Falconer, David Carlyle, Dennis Yost, Kelvin Carlyle, Kenny Carlyle.Honorary pallbearer is Jack Tunnel.Friends may call from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, October 2, 2008, at Ben Cast & Son - Wood Funeral Home, Holden, MO.Interment will be at Elm Spring Cemetery, Kingsville, MO.Memorial contributions are suggested to Crossroads Hospice.