FRANKLINTON - John P. Hoyle, 50, died Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, June 3) in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest, with the Rev. Will Vergara officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Forest Memorial Gardens.

He was born in Vance County, the son of Mable Hoyle and the late Clifton A. Hoyle, and was an employee of Electric Motor Shop in Wake Forest.

Surviving: his mother, Mable Hoyle of Franklinton; stepchildren, Jimmy Arnold Jr. of Bunn, Angie Pieske of Minnesota and Shelia Brown of Louisburg; sisters, Rachel Shelton of Bunn, Carolyn Pernell of Franklinton, Ruth Garver of Garner and Ann Duncan of Henderson; brother, Clifton H. Hoyle of Wake Forest; and eight step-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Edith Hoyle Ayscue.