DOROTHY MATHIS LYLES

Dorothy “Dotty” Mathis Lyles, 82, widow of Daniel Ashton Lyles, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, at Covenant Place.

Born Oct. 18, 1943, in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late Len Benjamin Mathis Sr. and Mary Inez Cubbage Mathis. Mrs. Lyles was a member of First Baptist Church Sumter and a past member of Grace Baptist Church. She was a devoted wife to Dan for more than 60 years and a loving mother and “Mimi.”
Survivors include two children, Charles “Chuck” Van Patten and Paige Lyles Stokes (Danny); six grandchildren, Todd Brown (Gaffney), Amber Van Patten McGarity (Colin), Mary Daniel Stokes Griffith (Austin), Luke Stokes (Ansley), Samuel Finn Lyles and Georgia Claire Lyles; six great-grandchildren, Ashton Brown, McLendon Brown, Elle Brown, Baker McGarity, Kixx Stokes and Emily Griffith; and a number of nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two children, Heather Lyles and Dr. Mark A. Lyles; and two brothers, L. Benjamin “Ben” Mathis Jr. and James “Jimmy” E. Mathis Sr.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at First Baptist Church Sumter with the Rev. Dr. Dan Barber and the Rev. Dr. Ron Richardson officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Tuesday at Sumter First Baptist Church and other times at the home of Danny and Paige Stokes.

Memorials may be sent to First Baptist Church Sumter, 107 E. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150, or Grace Baptist Church, 219 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, SC 29150.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.