John William Kyle

Background

Kyle was born in Batesville, Mississippi, as the oldest of eight children, to Mary Francis née Heflin and Albert Sidney Kyle.

Career

He was a Rhodes Scholar. He served multiple terms as a state senator for the district including Sardis (which, in the previous century, John C Kyle had also represented in the senate). After serving as state attorney general, he became in 1950 a commissioner (judge) of the state supreme court.

John West. Kyle State Park, in Mississippi, is named after him.

Connections

Father:

Albert Sidney Kyle

Mother:

Mary (Heflin) Kyle