@irkode - Thank you for replying further. I will check all my other files under layouts for any inline template definitions. And report back.
I really appreciate you offering to take a look at things further. I would first like to check for inline template definitions, etc because this may resolve the issue. I imagine you are very busy helping a lot of people with code questions and that takes a lot of time and thought on your part, and I dont want to add to that if not needed.