One of the last things John Pyles asked of The Dominion Post was to look into the flyers Rep. David McKinley sends four times a year that say in the top left corner, “Paid for by official funds authorized by the House of Representatives.” McKinley would likely argue that the ...
In memory of friend, activist John Pyles When I first heard that John Pyles had passed away, my heart was filled with sadness. I have known John since I was 8 years old. As I got older, I would talk to John from time to time. He was always ready to help no matter what the cause was, and ...
Two TV screens positioned above the communion table at Wesley United Methodist Church told an American tale Monday morning. The telling was in the form of an endless loop of snapshots and formal photographs, depicting the life and times of John Pyles. Pyles, a longtime Monongalia County ...
Without a stopwatch and a film crew to prove it, there’s no way of knowing for sure if John Pyles had broken any Olympic sprinting records along High Street in late 1950s — scurrying up and down its sidewalks as he did then. That’s when the newly minted music education graduate of ...