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Harry Vaughn Dyer

July 18, 1929 — August 6, 2007

Mr. Harry V. Dyer, 78, passed away at his residence on Monday, August 6, 2007, after a long illness.

Mr. Dyer was born on July 18, 1929 in Cornelia, Georgia. He grew up mostly in North Georgia, where his father was a school teacher and principal. He also lived in Atlanta for a number of years as a young man. Mr. Dyer was in the Air Force for five years in the early 1950’s, spending much of that time as a flight instructor and also serving his country as a pilot during the Korean Conflict. He received degrees from Emory University, Georgia State University, and the University of Georgia. Mr. Dyer worked for Canada Dry as a chemist in the 1960’s; he was based in Silver Spring, Maryland, which is where he met his wife, Rosalie Ann Dupee. They married on June 6, 1964 and had one daughter, Margie Rose. The family lived in Woodbridge, Virginia for several years. Mr. Dyer worked for Georgia Correctional Industries as supervisor of the chemical plant at Lowndes Correctional Institute in Valdosta, Georgia from 1972 until his retirement in 1994. He and his wife moved to Macon, Georgia in 1999 to be near their daughter and her family.

He will be missed by his beloved wife, Rosalie Dyer, Macon; daughter and son-in-law, Margie and Bryan Parish, Macon; grandsons, Brandon and Matthew Parish, Macon; sister and brother-in-law, Sarah and Hugh Adams, Atlanta; sister-in-law, Diane Selby, Gaithersburg, Maryland; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Walter and Nancy Dupee, Lady Lake, Florida; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and numerous cousins.

Visitation will be Wednesday from 10:00 until 11:00 a.m. at McCullough Funeral Home. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 8, 2007, in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home with interment following in Parkway Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Central Georgia, P.O. Box 6533 Macon, Georgia 31208 or to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 4406, Macon, Georgia 31208.



Funeral Home:
McCullough Funeral Home
417 S. Houston Lake Rd.
Warner Robins, GA
US 31088

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