No young citizen of Joplin who has honored the community through productive activity and civic loyalty is more worthy of recognition in this volume than Joseph R. Pile, member of the real estate firm of Pile & Perry.

Although young in years he stands as one of the most enterprising factors in the city development, Mr. Pile is a native son of the state, his birth having occurred in Memphis, Missouri, July 2, 1880. Glancing over his ancestral history it is discovered that his forebears on both the paternal and maternal sides were Scotch, and the history of both families is alike in that both located in Kentucky in the pioneer days in the Blue Grass state.

The subject's father, Thomas M., was a native of the state of Missouri, to which his father came from Kentucky. He was a farmer and is now living retired at Memphis, Missouri. The mother, Arabella Jenkins, was born in this state, and she and her husband were the parents of eight children.

Mr. Pile laid the foundation of a particularly happy life companionship when on November 25, 1906, he was united in marriage to Miss Pearl Luckett. Mrs. Pile was born in Pettis county, Missouri, and her parents, L. J. and Maria Luckett, were natives of Kentucky and Missouri respectively, the father being now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Pile have one daughter, Catherine, horn in Joplin. September 6, 1930. Their home is one of the hospitable and cultured abodes of the city and both are recognized as excellent young citizens.

[The History of Jasper County and its people, Joel Thomas Livingston; PUBLIC DOMAIN]