TRENTON, Ga. -- Aubrey Leon "Bo" Dyer Jr., the former owner and president of Dyer Chevrolet in Trenton, died Friday afternoon, Jan. 23, 1998, at his residence. He was 67. He also had served as president and owner of Dyer Lumber Co. from 1979-94 and had been the owner of Bo Dyer Land and Realty Co. since 1962. Born in Selma, Ala., he attended Dade County Elementary, Dade County High and graduated from Baylor School in 1946 at the age of 16. While at Baylor, he competed in several sports, including baseball, where he had a .313 batting average, and was active in the Guerry Rifles, the Baylor Christian Forum and the Baylor Glee Club. He had won a first place trophy in a short story contest. He then enrolled at Carson Newman College and played several sports there. He later returned to the University of Chattanooga and played amateur baseball during the summers. At UC, he had also been active in student activities, including being a charter member of Lambda Chi Alpha and a class vice president and Student Council representative during his junior year. From 1951-53, he was a minor league baseball pitcher in the Coastal Plain League, the Tarheel League and the Alabama-Florida League. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1953 and became a playing manager of several baseball teams. Upon his discharge from military service, he became the production manager at Dyer Lumber Co. In 1957, he became a partner and general manager of Dyer Motor Co., which sold Dodges and Plymouths. He started Dyer Chevrolet in 1959. His commuity activites included the Chattanooga Jaycees, the Dad County Lions Club, the Dade County Jaycees, Dade County Dixie Youth Baseball, the Chattanooga Swim League, the Baylor School Alumni Board and other volunteer activities, the University of Chattanooga Alumni Board, the UTC Alumni Council, the University of Chattanooga Foundation and the UT Alumni National Board of Governors. He had been a member of Trenton United Methodist Church since 1935.
He was the son of the late Aubrey L. and Jimmylou Mason Dyer.
Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Ellen Cate Morrison Dyer; two daughters, Cindy Dyer, Chattanooga, and Abby Dyer Franklin, Trenton; two sons, Lee and Doug Dyer, both of Chattanooga; sister, Rose Moore, Trenton; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Ryan Funeral Home here with the Rev. Walter Weikel, the Rev. and Hon. Sam Payne and Larry Case officiating. Burial will be in Lake Hills Memorial Gardens here.
The family will receive friends today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Trenton United Methodist Church or Baylor School, in care of the Bo Dyer Endowment Fund, or to the American Cancer Society.
He was the son of the late Aubrey L. and Jimmylou Mason Dyer.
Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Ellen Cate Morrison Dyer; two daughters, Cindy Dyer, Chattanooga, and Abby Dyer Franklin, Trenton; two sons, Lee and Doug Dyer, both of Chattanooga; sister, Rose Moore, Trenton; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Ryan Funeral Home here with the Rev. Walter Weikel, the Rev. and Hon. Sam Payne and Larry Case officiating. Burial will be in Lake Hills Memorial Gardens here.
The family will receive friends today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Trenton United Methodist Church or Baylor School, in care of the Bo Dyer Endowment Fund, or to the American Cancer Society.
TRENTON, Ga. -- Aubrey Leon "Bo" Dyer Jr., the former owner and president of Dyer Chevrolet in Trenton, died Friday afternoon, Jan. 23, 1998, at his residence. He was 67. He also had served as president and owner of Dyer Lumber Co. from 1979-94 and had been the owner of Bo Dyer Land and Realty Co. since 1962. Born in Selma, Ala., he attended Dade County Elementary, Dade County High and graduated from Baylor School in 1946 at the age of 16. While at Baylor, he competed in several sports, including baseball, where he had a .313 batting average, and was active in the Guerry Rifles, the Baylor Christian Forum and the Baylor Glee Club. He had won a first place trophy in a short story contest. He then enrolled at Carson Newman College and played several sports there. He later returned to the University of Chattanooga and played amateur baseball during the summers. At UC, he had also been active in student activities, including being a charter member of Lambda Chi Alpha and a class vice president and Student Council representative during his junior year. From 1951-53, he was a minor league baseball pitcher in the Coastal Plain League, the Tarheel League and the Alabama-Florida League. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1953 and became a playing manager of several baseball teams. Upon his discharge from military service, he became the production manager at Dyer Lumber Co. In 1957, he became a partner and general manager of Dyer Motor Co., which sold Dodges and Plymouths. He started Dyer Chevrolet in 1959. His commuity activites included the Chattanooga Jaycees, the Dad County Lions Club, the Dade County Jaycees, Dade County Dixie Youth Baseball, the Chattanooga Swim League, the Baylor School Alumni Board and other volunteer activities, the University of Chattanooga Alumni Board, the UTC Alumni Council, the University of Chattanooga Foundation and the UT Alumni National Board of Governors. He had been a member of Trenton United Methodist Church since 1935.
He was the son of the late Aubrey L. and Jimmylou Mason Dyer.
Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Ellen Cate Morrison Dyer; two daughters, Cindy Dyer, Chattanooga, and Abby Dyer Franklin, Trenton; two sons, Lee and Doug Dyer, both of Chattanooga; sister, Rose Moore, Trenton; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Ryan Funeral Home here with the Rev. Walter Weikel, the Rev. and Hon. Sam Payne and Larry Case officiating. Burial will be in Lake Hills Memorial Gardens here.
The family will receive friends today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Trenton United Methodist Church or Baylor School, in care of the Bo Dyer Endowment Fund, or to the American Cancer Society.
He was the son of the late Aubrey L. and Jimmylou Mason Dyer.
Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Ellen Cate Morrison Dyer; two daughters, Cindy Dyer, Chattanooga, and Abby Dyer Franklin, Trenton; two sons, Lee and Doug Dyer, both of Chattanooga; sister, Rose Moore, Trenton; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Ryan Funeral Home here with the Rev. Walter Weikel, the Rev. and Hon. Sam Payne and Larry Case officiating. Burial will be in Lake Hills Memorial Gardens here.
The family will receive friends today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Trenton United Methodist Church or Baylor School, in care of the Bo Dyer Endowment Fund, or to the American Cancer Society.
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