Philip Lyle Martin

William married Emily Joy Beasley on 20 Jun 1970 in Hartwell, GA. Emily was born on 2 Jun 1952 in Anderson, S.C.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Nancy Jane Lyle on 7 Jun 1947 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of William Hobert Lyle and Lois Virginia Poston) was born on 3 Nov 1923 in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Prior to WWI Lyle was employed by a railroad company running through North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. He served in the U S Marine Corp 1918-1919. Following his military service he became employed by a construction company whose major job was the designing and building of golf courses. He first worked an apprenticeship on a job in Huntsville, Alabama. In 1921 he was assigned to Shelby N.C. where he was in charge of building shelby's first golf course at Cleveland Springs. There he met Lois Poston and they married two years later. He stayed at Cleveland Springs as golf pro for four years. Later he was golf pro at Spartanburg Country Club in Spartanburg, S.C. While there he converted the sand greens to grass and did some remodeling. There he was known for having the best clay tennis courts in the south. He then moved to Lake Lure, N.C. where he completed a golf course that had been laid out some years earlier. During those three years he designed and built golf courses at Black Mountain and Forest City, N.C. He remained in Forest City as Pro until the begining of WWII when he went into defense work with the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington, N.C. Following WWII he designed and built a golf course at Whiteville, N.C. His last position was as golf pro and manager of the Lake City, Fl. Country Club. There he converted the sand greens to grass and remodeled some of the holes. During that time he took three months and went to Rutherfordton, N.C. and converted their courses from sand to grass greens. Besides being good at designing and building courses he was an excellent golfer and an even better instructor. He played only a little tournament golf because he would become extremely nervous and felt it was not worth it because he did not show his potential in tournament play.

William married Lois Virginia Poston on 5 Jan 1923 in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC. Lois (daughter of James Osburne Poston and Ellen Margaret Kerr) was born on 10 Mar 1896 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 22 Sep 1973 in Hartwell, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]