A carpenter, cause of death was "a house fell on him."
Sources
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4CF-X5C : 15 March 2018), Owen P Lyle, Ward 2, Nashville, Civil District 1, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 99-12, sheet 4A, line 29, family 67, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3971.
"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS7X-VVG : 11 October 2018), Owen Page Lyle, 14 Sep 1945; Death, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Owen by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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