Charles "Chuck" Edwin Lytle
January 21, 1947 - May 14, 2020
My wonderful brother Chuck left this earth on May 14, 2020, after his long struggle with his health. He received a liver transplant on Thanksgiving Day 2019 and had been cared for by many exceptional doctors and nurses at UTMB and Kindred Hospital Clear Lake. A special thanks to Karla Blaine and Bobby Boyd who supported Chuck throughout his illness.
Chuck was born on January 21, 1947, in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.
By the time he was in fourth grade he had lived in Japan, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Germany. He credited his parents for teaching him tolerance and appreciation of other cultures and people. And he brought that tolerance and appreciation to the classroom. He loved teaching. “The classroom is simply a mini-community with all the varied and colorful aspects of a neighborhood present at one time in one place. By realizing this, the teacher has a responsibility to the neighborhood to educate its future inhabitants to the possibilities of the future.”
Chuck was in the first graduating class of Eisenhower High School in Lawton, Oklahoma, in 1965. He attended Cameron University for one year before transferring to the University of Oklahoma where he earned a BFA in Drama/Speech Education in 1969 and later an MFA in Directing/Children’s Theater in 1974.
He began his teaching career in Lawton at Eisenhower High School where he taught speech, drama, and theater history from 1970-1976. While in Oklahoma Chuck was active in the Lawton Community Theater, the Oklahoma Community Theater Association, the American Community Theater Association, Lyric Theater, and the Southwest Repertory Summer Theater.
Then he moved to Texas. He taught in the Garland ISD, first at South Garland HS from 1976-1979, and then at North Garland HS from 1980-1985. From 1985-1991, Chuck took a break from teaching. Then in 1992 he decided to return to teaching and worked for the Dallas ISD at WH Adamson HS until 2006 when he retired. During his time in Texas he was active in the Garland Civic Theater, the Texas Educational Theater Association, and the Dallas Junior Player’s League Shakespeare-in-the-Park, Teatro Dallas.
Chuck was loved and lived a good, creative life. He leaves behind many friends and students whose lives he touched and changed. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Elmer and Elaine Lytle, and his sisters Nan Lytle and Martha Lytle. He is survived by his sister Janie Lytle of Oklahoma, his niece Laura Garrett of Texas, Henry Evans of Oklahoma, and Peter Evans of Tennessee.
In the folder he left me, I found the following poem, which I believe he wished to be read when his ashes are scattered:
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides
that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountaintop, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs,
Then shall you truly dance.
“The Prophet” -Kahlil Gibran
Carnes Funeral Homes
January 21, 1947 - May 14, 2020
My wonderful brother Chuck left this earth on May 14, 2020, after his long struggle with his health. He received a liver transplant on Thanksgiving Day 2019 and had been cared for by many exceptional doctors and nurses at UTMB and Kindred Hospital Clear Lake. A special thanks to Karla Blaine and Bobby Boyd who supported Chuck throughout his illness.
Chuck was born on January 21, 1947, in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.
By the time he was in fourth grade he had lived in Japan, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Germany. He credited his parents for teaching him tolerance and appreciation of other cultures and people. And he brought that tolerance and appreciation to the classroom. He loved teaching. “The classroom is simply a mini-community with all the varied and colorful aspects of a neighborhood present at one time in one place. By realizing this, the teacher has a responsibility to the neighborhood to educate its future inhabitants to the possibilities of the future.”
Chuck was in the first graduating class of Eisenhower High School in Lawton, Oklahoma, in 1965. He attended Cameron University for one year before transferring to the University of Oklahoma where he earned a BFA in Drama/Speech Education in 1969 and later an MFA in Directing/Children’s Theater in 1974.
He began his teaching career in Lawton at Eisenhower High School where he taught speech, drama, and theater history from 1970-1976. While in Oklahoma Chuck was active in the Lawton Community Theater, the Oklahoma Community Theater Association, the American Community Theater Association, Lyric Theater, and the Southwest Repertory Summer Theater.
Then he moved to Texas. He taught in the Garland ISD, first at South Garland HS from 1976-1979, and then at North Garland HS from 1980-1985. From 1985-1991, Chuck took a break from teaching. Then in 1992 he decided to return to teaching and worked for the Dallas ISD at WH Adamson HS until 2006 when he retired. During his time in Texas he was active in the Garland Civic Theater, the Texas Educational Theater Association, and the Dallas Junior Player’s League Shakespeare-in-the-Park, Teatro Dallas.
Chuck was loved and lived a good, creative life. He leaves behind many friends and students whose lives he touched and changed. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Elmer and Elaine Lytle, and his sisters Nan Lytle and Martha Lytle. He is survived by his sister Janie Lytle of Oklahoma, his niece Laura Garrett of Texas, Henry Evans of Oklahoma, and Peter Evans of Tennessee.
In the folder he left me, I found the following poem, which I believe he wished to be read when his ashes are scattered:
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides
that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountaintop, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs,
Then shall you truly dance.
“The Prophet” -Kahlil Gibran
Carnes Funeral Homes
Charles "Chuck" Edwin Lytle
January 21, 1947 - May 14, 2020
My wonderful brother Chuck left this earth on May 14, 2020, after his long struggle with his health. He received a liver transplant on Thanksgiving Day 2019 and had been cared for by many exceptional doctors and nurses at UTMB and Kindred Hospital Clear Lake. A special thanks to Karla Blaine and Bobby Boyd who supported Chuck throughout his illness.
Chuck was born on January 21, 1947, in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.
By the time he was in fourth grade he had lived in Japan, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Germany. He credited his parents for teaching him tolerance and appreciation of other cultures and people. And he brought that tolerance and appreciation to the classroom. He loved teaching. “The classroom is simply a mini-community with all the varied and colorful aspects of a neighborhood present at one time in one place. By realizing this, the teacher has a responsibility to the neighborhood to educate its future inhabitants to the possibilities of the future.”
Chuck was in the first graduating class of Eisenhower High School in Lawton, Oklahoma, in 1965. He attended Cameron University for one year before transferring to the University of Oklahoma where he earned a BFA in Drama/Speech Education in 1969 and later an MFA in Directing/Children’s Theater in 1974.
He began his teaching career in Lawton at Eisenhower High School where he taught speech, drama, and theater history from 1970-1976. While in Oklahoma Chuck was active in the Lawton Community Theater, the Oklahoma Community Theater Association, the American Community Theater Association, Lyric Theater, and the Southwest Repertory Summer Theater.
Then he moved to Texas. He taught in the Garland ISD, first at South Garland HS from 1976-1979, and then at North Garland HS from 1980-1985. From 1985-1991, Chuck took a break from teaching. Then in 1992 he decided to return to teaching and worked for the Dallas ISD at WH Adamson HS until 2006 when he retired. During his time in Texas he was active in the Garland Civic Theater, the Texas Educational Theater Association, and the Dallas Junior Player’s League Shakespeare-in-the-Park, Teatro Dallas.
Chuck was loved and lived a good, creative life. He leaves behind many friends and students whose lives he touched and changed. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Elmer and Elaine Lytle, and his sisters Nan Lytle and Martha Lytle. He is survived by his sister Janie Lytle of Oklahoma, his niece Laura Garrett of Texas, Henry Evans of Oklahoma, and Peter Evans of Tennessee.
In the folder he left me, I found the following poem, which I believe he wished to be read when his ashes are scattered:
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides
that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountaintop, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs,
Then shall you truly dance.
“The Prophet” -Kahlil Gibran
Carnes Funeral Homes
January 21, 1947 - May 14, 2020
My wonderful brother Chuck left this earth on May 14, 2020, after his long struggle with his health. He received a liver transplant on Thanksgiving Day 2019 and had been cared for by many exceptional doctors and nurses at UTMB and Kindred Hospital Clear Lake. A special thanks to Karla Blaine and Bobby Boyd who supported Chuck throughout his illness.
Chuck was born on January 21, 1947, in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.
By the time he was in fourth grade he had lived in Japan, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Germany. He credited his parents for teaching him tolerance and appreciation of other cultures and people. And he brought that tolerance and appreciation to the classroom. He loved teaching. “The classroom is simply a mini-community with all the varied and colorful aspects of a neighborhood present at one time in one place. By realizing this, the teacher has a responsibility to the neighborhood to educate its future inhabitants to the possibilities of the future.”
Chuck was in the first graduating class of Eisenhower High School in Lawton, Oklahoma, in 1965. He attended Cameron University for one year before transferring to the University of Oklahoma where he earned a BFA in Drama/Speech Education in 1969 and later an MFA in Directing/Children’s Theater in 1974.
He began his teaching career in Lawton at Eisenhower High School where he taught speech, drama, and theater history from 1970-1976. While in Oklahoma Chuck was active in the Lawton Community Theater, the Oklahoma Community Theater Association, the American Community Theater Association, Lyric Theater, and the Southwest Repertory Summer Theater.
Then he moved to Texas. He taught in the Garland ISD, first at South Garland HS from 1976-1979, and then at North Garland HS from 1980-1985. From 1985-1991, Chuck took a break from teaching. Then in 1992 he decided to return to teaching and worked for the Dallas ISD at WH Adamson HS until 2006 when he retired. During his time in Texas he was active in the Garland Civic Theater, the Texas Educational Theater Association, and the Dallas Junior Player’s League Shakespeare-in-the-Park, Teatro Dallas.
Chuck was loved and lived a good, creative life. He leaves behind many friends and students whose lives he touched and changed. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Elmer and Elaine Lytle, and his sisters Nan Lytle and Martha Lytle. He is survived by his sister Janie Lytle of Oklahoma, his niece Laura Garrett of Texas, Henry Evans of Oklahoma, and Peter Evans of Tennessee.
In the folder he left me, I found the following poem, which I believe he wished to be read when his ashes are scattered:
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides
that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountaintop, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs,
Then shall you truly dance.
“The Prophet” -Kahlil Gibran
Carnes Funeral Homes
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