Louis Paul Tyl Jr. was born in Texarkana, Texas on December 6, 1921 to Louis and Stella Duyka Tyl. Louis passed away in a Waxahachie hospital on September 18, 2009. He was raised in Texarkana and then joined the U. S. Army Air Corp and served in World War II. After, the service Louis moved to Kaufman and lived there until he moved to Red Oak in 2003. He was a carpenter by trade. Louis was a member of the Saint Ann Catholic Church of Kaufman. He married Ann Vavra in 1944 and she preceded Louis in death in 1965. Louis is survived by his son: Ronald Tyl and his wife Gloria of Waxahachie, daughters: Patricia Beierman and her husband Harold of Sudan and Linda Cochran and her husband Danny of Kaufman, brother: Charlie Tyl of Texarkana, grandchildren: Gina, Heather, Adam, Carson, Kari, Lori and Kyle, great-grandchildren: Taylor, Paige, Kaytlyn, Landon and Alabama and many other relatives and friends.