August 12, 1991
Sapulpa Herald
Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma

JAMES DYER

BROKEN ARROW — James A. (Jim) Dyer, 78, of Broken Arrow died Saturday at Saint John Medical Center in Tulsa.

Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Onets Road Baptist Church with the Rev. Berry Clark officiating.

Burial will follow at South Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa, under the direction of Hayhurst Funeral Home of Broken Arrow.

Mr. Dyer was born Dec. 23, 1912, in Des Monies, Iowa. He married Edna Roach in December 1935 at Mt Pleasant, Texas.

Mr. Dyer moved to Tulsa in 1939, and retired from Sun Oil Company in 1977 after 40 years of service. He was a member of Oneata Road Baptist Church. He like animals, flowers and gardening.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Edna, in 1985. Mr. Dyer moved to Broken Arrow following her death. His sister, Martha Blankenship, preceded him in death in 1990.

Survivors include daughters Patsy Ford of Tulsa and Jimmie Lou Tarpley of Mannford; son Rick Dyer of Broken Arrow; brother Robert M. Dyer of Tulsa; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.