Memorial service for SSgt (Retired) Burnell "Bud" Patrick Kyle will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, October 24, 2025, at Central Baptist Church with Dr. Jared Byrns, Pastor, officiating.

Services are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home.

Bud was born on February 28, 1938, to Willie Kyle and Mabel Kyle (Berkey) in Stone Mine, West Virginia. He passed away on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, in Lawton, Oklahoma. On February 14, 1959, he married Loretta Joan Kyle (Richardson).

Bud briefly worked along with his father and brothers coal mining in West Virginia before he enlisted into the military. He served in the United States Air Force for 20 years as a flight line cook. During this time, he earned his GED and served in Vietnam. After his retirement from the Air Force, Bud went to work at Standard Welding Services in Lawton, which was owned by his father and mother-in-law. Later, he went on to work as a journeyman plumber at Gordon Plumbing, also located in Lawton.

Bud was preceded in death by his wife Loretta "Joan", father, Willie, mother, Mabel, brothers, Cliff, Wayne, and Bill.

He is survived by his daughters, Cynthia Kyle and Laura Kane, son, Burnell "Buddy" Kyle Jr and his wife Dona, granddaughter, Alisha Kyle, granddaughter, Erin Ray and husband Garrett, granddaughter, Shelby Kane and fiancé, Daimon Herrera, great grandsons, James Ray, Marcus Ray, and Kayden Herrera, and two sisters, Charlotte and Barbara of West Virginia and close family friend, Mary Kane.