Donna Dyer
Donna Dailey Dyer, 76, of Union City passed away 3 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.
Funeral services were conducted 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Pat Murdock officiated. Burial was in Mount Olive Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jimmy White, Phil Owens, Donnie Johnson, Paul Tate, Russ Matheny, Rene Garcia, Jeremy Lyell and Kelly Walker.
Honorary pallbearers were members of the West Tennessee Poker Club.
Donna was born March 28, 1947, in Union City, daughter of the late Herbert and Zilla (Thomas) Dailey. She married Jerry Dyer June 7, 1965. He preceded her in death Dec. 28, 2020.
Donna had been employed as a school bus driver at Woodland Mills, Dixie and Lake Road schools for 28 years. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Hornbeak, was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and the West Tennessee Poker Club.
She is survived by her son, Johnny Dyer and wife, Tracy, of Union City; two daughters, Kelly Dyer of Buffalo, Mo., and Jody Fetcher and husband, Scott, of Rowlett, Texas; four grandchildren, Joshua Dyer and wife, Loretta, of Paris, Aaron Dyer and wife, Sarah, of Newbern, Brittany Barnes of Knoxville and Jessica Barnes of Union City; seven great-grandchildren, Elena Adamovicz of Des Moines, Iowas, Peytan Korn, Brian Korn and Mason Korn, all of Union City, Jackson Dyer and Kinzleigh Dyer, both of Paris, and Stetson Dyer of Newbern; her sister-in-law, Sue Martin of Troy; and her brother-in-law, John Dyer and wife, Jenny, of Corinth, Miss.
To leave messages of condolence for the family, visit the funeral home website at www.emfuneralhome.com.
Published in The Messenger 8.16.23