Lloyd Dyer

Lloyd M. Dyer, 89, of Troy passed away at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, at Union City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Bro. Doug Morris and Bro. Marvin Wilson will officiate. Burial with full military honors will follow in Terrace Hill Cemetery near Troy.
Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
He was born June 7, 1928, in Hornbeak, son of the late Leonard and Lena (Darnell) Dyer. He married Ina B. Dyer June 17, 1951. She preceded him in death on April 1, 2008.
He retired July 1, 1968, from the United States Army after 20 years of service. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church near Troy and had been employed as a security guard at Kinkead in Union City and was a carpenter.
He is survived by four daughters, Ina Mae Frost of South Fulton, Anna Burkeen of Troy, Sylvia Dyer of Union City and Brenda Fulcher of Dadeville, Ala.; one son and daughter-in-law, Waymon and Gaynell Dyer of Rives; one sister, Myrtle Bradford of Winchester; one brother, Walter Dyer of Dyer; 12 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by his son-in-law, Terry Burkeen; one great-granddaughter, KayLynn Ranaie Taylor; two sisters, Mary Elizabeth Huey and Erma Rogers; and one brother, James W. Dyer.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.emfuneralhome.com.
Published 1.23.18