James E Doyle

James Edward Doyle, 94 of Henderson, Nevada passed away on May 19, 2019. Jim was born

and raised in Pierre, South Dakota. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 65 years-

Georgia Anne (Abeel) Doyle, son Mark Steven, sisters Catherine Mullen and Patty Nelson, and

brother Jerry Doyle. Our families hearts are heavy, but we are blessed knowing he has been

reunited with the rest of his family in heaven.

He was a loving and devoted husband, father, uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend to

so many. He is survived by his children Terry Crispell (Edward) of Henderson, Nevada, Tom

Doyle (JoAnn) of Frisco, Texas and Mary Beth Bell (Matthew) of Santa Clara, California.

Jim enlisted in the military, serving in World War II in a B-17 as a gunner and radioman. He was

a part of the Allied Forces Invasion of Normandy in Northern France on June 6, 1944. After Day,

Jim flew almost 40 combat missions in the B-17 bomber dubbed “The Flying Fortress”.

After the war, Jim attended the University of South Dakota for his undergraduate degree and

subsequently earned his law degree from St John’s University. Jim was a terrific athlete playing

both baseball and hockey in college. He was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers as a second

baseman. Jim instead chose to serve his country again and accepted an offer from the FBI to

become a special agent and Organized Crime Specialist after finishing specialized training in

Quantico, Virginia. By 1949, he was in the field doing what he loved: cracking cases wide open

and catching hardened criminals in Hammond and Griffith Indiana, Carbondale and Springfield,

Illinois, Las Vegas Nevada and finally retiring 30 years later in 1979 in Albuquerque, NM. After

retiring from the FBI, Jim started his own investigation company, JEDI (James Edward Doyle

Investigation), doing security (including working with the NFL) as well as background checks

for the FBI as a retired agent. After almost 40 wonderful years of living in Albuquerque, NM, he

retired in 2008, moving with his wife Georgia to Henderson, NV to be closer to family and live

on a golf course.

Jim’s FBI stories with the likes of Frank Sinatra, JFK, William Randolph Hearst, and Marilyn

Monroe, to name a few, could be made into movies! Bad guys feared “Jim Doyle, FBI” but to his

wife and family, he was loving, kind, caring, compassionate, warmhearted, down to earth and the

best storyteller ever. He was universally loved, respected, and a father figure to many. When Jim

was your friend, it was for life. Jim also had a deep faith in Christ.