Archie "Buddy" Lyles, Jr., age 88 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 11:30 am on Friday, November 14, 2025 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center with his family by his side.

Funeral services will be held at 1 pm on Friday, November 21, 2025 at Loftus-McManus Brookport Funeral Home with Pastor Charles Tate officiating. Burial will follow in Otterbien Cemetery.

Buddy was retired from Ford Motor Company, a member of United Auto Workers Local 588, Brookport Church of God, Night Moves Dance Club for over 20 years, and served in the Air National Guard.

Buddy is survived by his wife of 63 years, Judith Lyles; children, Archie "Mac" Lyles, Randy Lyles and wife Heidi, and Chandra Lyles; grandchildren, Mackenzie Lyles, Chloe Lyles, and Camden Lyles; step grandchildren, Joe Rubitschung, Luke Rubitschung, and Capri Rubitschung; great granddaughter, Rowan Divit; sisters, Vicky Maddox, Phyllis Sutton, and Katie Fuqua; several nieces and nephews.

Buddy was preceded in death by his father, Archie Monroe Lyles and step mother, Velma King; mother, Edna Elizabeth (Scruggs) Williams and step father, Ralph Williams; sisters, Virginia High, Bette Dugard, Evelyn Ryan, and Katherine Hutchinson.

Visitation will be held on Friday, November 21, 2025 from 11 am to 1 pm at Loftus-McManus Brookport Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made in Buddy's name to Mercy Health Hospice, 1530 Lone Oak Road, Paducah, Kentucky 42003.

Pallbearers will be Randy Lyles, Mac Lyles, Camden Lyles, Chloe Lyles, Russell Holley, and Dennis Jones.

Online condolences may be made at www.aikinsfarmer-millerfh.com

Mercy Health Hospice
225 Medical Center Drive Suite 203, Paducah KY 42003
Web: https://foundation.mercy.com/paducah.aspx