Sidney Green Kyle, Jr., age 83, entered eternal rest on Sunday, May 23, 2020, at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born in San Marcos, Texas, on November 23, 1936 to Sidney G. and Fannie B. Shaw Kyle.
He was a graduate of San Marcos Colored High School, and attended Texas Southern University in Houston. He was a survivor of the U.S.C.G. Lightship Relief after it was struck by the SS Green Bay on June 24, 1960. He and eight other servicemen survived by jumping into an inflatable life raft and were rescued over an hour after abandoning ship. He left service as a seaman and later worked until retirement from Texas State University.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Mary Kyle Mack and Frankie Juanita Kyle Christian.
