Barbara Sue Dyer, 81 of Cookeville passed away Friday July 16, 2021 at her home. She was born June 13, 1940 in Putnam County to Irene Hitchcock Pinion. Raised in Cookeville by her grandparents: Samuel Bradley and Susan Nash Hitchcock, Barbara graduated from Central High School in 1958. She married Marvin E. Dyer on July 8, 1960.
In addition to serving as office manager for her husband's business, Barbara worked as Building Codes Inspector (Celina, TN; Spring City, TN; & Red Boiling Springs, TN), Grant Writer (Upper Cumberland Development District) and worked at USDA Rural Development (Farmers Home Administration) and ASCS Office.
She loved everyone and everyone who knew her, loved her. She was happiest when her house was full with her children and grandchildren. She knew Jesus as her Savior and she would want you to know him too. She spent most of her life as a member of Stone Seminary Freewill Baptist Church serving as Treasurer and Sunday School Teacher to Children.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by son: Michael E. (Martha) Dyer of Dayton; daughter: Rhonda M. (Steve) Bartlett of Cookeville; sister: Barbara Jane (Patrick) Micol of Wayne, Michigan; grandchildren: Justin Bartlett of Cookeville; Mary Beth Dyer (Josh) Norris of Spring City; Mallory Dyer (Tyler) Brock of Knoxville; Stephen (Sierra) Bartlett of Monterey; Emily Bartlett (Brandon) Harville of Cookeville; great-grandchildren: Maylee Kate & RaeLynn Norris and Hayes Brock. Also surviving are nieces and nephews: Glenn Rawson, Lucy Rawson, Chisa Pinion, Crystal Trierweiler, Dusty Tidwell, Cinda Allen and two nieces and their children who were very dear and special to Barbara: Beverly Hitchcock Herron and Jennifer Rawson Smitherman.
She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents who raised her as their own: Sam & Susan Hitchcock; mother: Irene Hitchcock Pinion; sister: Anna Lou Pinion Rawson; 15 Hitchcock siblings - the younger of these considered her their sister; 6 step-siblings.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 20, 2021 from the Dyer Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home with Bro. Gary Farris presiding. Interment followed in Crest Lawn Cemetery.
6:58 PM CST
In addition to serving as office manager for her husband's business, Barbara worked as Building Codes Inspector (Celina, TN; Spring City, TN; & Red Boiling Springs, TN), Grant Writer (Upper Cumberland Development District) and worked at USDA Rural Development (Farmers Home Administration) and ASCS Office.
She loved everyone and everyone who knew her, loved her. She was happiest when her house was full with her children and grandchildren. She knew Jesus as her Savior and she would want you to know him too. She spent most of her life as a member of Stone Seminary Freewill Baptist Church serving as Treasurer and Sunday School Teacher to Children.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by son: Michael E. (Martha) Dyer of Dayton; daughter: Rhonda M. (Steve) Bartlett of Cookeville; sister: Barbara Jane (Patrick) Micol of Wayne, Michigan; grandchildren: Justin Bartlett of Cookeville; Mary Beth Dyer (Josh) Norris of Spring City; Mallory Dyer (Tyler) Brock of Knoxville; Stephen (Sierra) Bartlett of Monterey; Emily Bartlett (Brandon) Harville of Cookeville; great-grandchildren: Maylee Kate & RaeLynn Norris and Hayes Brock. Also surviving are nieces and nephews: Glenn Rawson, Lucy Rawson, Chisa Pinion, Crystal Trierweiler, Dusty Tidwell, Cinda Allen and two nieces and their children who were very dear and special to Barbara: Beverly Hitchcock Herron and Jennifer Rawson Smitherman.
She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents who raised her as their own: Sam & Susan Hitchcock; mother: Irene Hitchcock Pinion; sister: Anna Lou Pinion Rawson; 15 Hitchcock siblings - the younger of these considered her their sister; 6 step-siblings.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 20, 2021 from the Dyer Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home with Bro. Gary Farris presiding. Interment followed in Crest Lawn Cemetery.
6:58 PM CST
Barbara Sue Dyer, 81 of Cookeville passed away Friday July 16, 2021 at her home. She was born June 13, 1940 in Putnam County to Irene Hitchcock Pinion. Raised in Cookeville by her grandparents: Samuel Bradley and Susan Nash Hitchcock, Barbara graduated from Central High School in 1958. She married Marvin E. Dyer on July 8, 1960.
In addition to serving as office manager for her husband's business, Barbara worked as Building Codes Inspector (Celina, TN; Spring City, TN; & Red Boiling Springs, TN), Grant Writer (Upper Cumberland Development District) and worked at USDA Rural Development (Farmers Home Administration) and ASCS Office.
She loved everyone and everyone who knew her, loved her. She was happiest when her house was full with her children and grandchildren. She knew Jesus as her Savior and she would want you to know him too. She spent most of her life as a member of Stone Seminary Freewill Baptist Church serving as Treasurer and Sunday School Teacher to Children.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by son: Michael E. (Martha) Dyer of Dayton; daughter: Rhonda M. (Steve) Bartlett of Cookeville; sister: Barbara Jane (Patrick) Micol of Wayne, Michigan; grandchildren: Justin Bartlett of Cookeville; Mary Beth Dyer (Josh) Norris of Spring City; Mallory Dyer (Tyler) Brock of Knoxville; Stephen (Sierra) Bartlett of Monterey; Emily Bartlett (Brandon) Harville of Cookeville; great-grandchildren: Maylee Kate & RaeLynn Norris and Hayes Brock. Also surviving are nieces and nephews: Glenn Rawson, Lucy Rawson, Chisa Pinion, Crystal Trierweiler, Dusty Tidwell, Cinda Allen and two nieces and their children who were very dear and special to Barbara: Beverly Hitchcock Herron and Jennifer Rawson Smitherman.
She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents who raised her as their own: Sam & Susan Hitchcock; mother: Irene Hitchcock Pinion; sister: Anna Lou Pinion Rawson; 15 Hitchcock siblings - the younger of these considered her their sister; 6 step-siblings.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 20, 2021 from the Dyer Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home with Bro. Gary Farris presiding. Interment followed in Crest Lawn Cemetery.
6:58 PM CST
In addition to serving as office manager for her husband's business, Barbara worked as Building Codes Inspector (Celina, TN; Spring City, TN; & Red Boiling Springs, TN), Grant Writer (Upper Cumberland Development District) and worked at USDA Rural Development (Farmers Home Administration) and ASCS Office.
She loved everyone and everyone who knew her, loved her. She was happiest when her house was full with her children and grandchildren. She knew Jesus as her Savior and she would want you to know him too. She spent most of her life as a member of Stone Seminary Freewill Baptist Church serving as Treasurer and Sunday School Teacher to Children.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by son: Michael E. (Martha) Dyer of Dayton; daughter: Rhonda M. (Steve) Bartlett of Cookeville; sister: Barbara Jane (Patrick) Micol of Wayne, Michigan; grandchildren: Justin Bartlett of Cookeville; Mary Beth Dyer (Josh) Norris of Spring City; Mallory Dyer (Tyler) Brock of Knoxville; Stephen (Sierra) Bartlett of Monterey; Emily Bartlett (Brandon) Harville of Cookeville; great-grandchildren: Maylee Kate & RaeLynn Norris and Hayes Brock. Also surviving are nieces and nephews: Glenn Rawson, Lucy Rawson, Chisa Pinion, Crystal Trierweiler, Dusty Tidwell, Cinda Allen and two nieces and their children who were very dear and special to Barbara: Beverly Hitchcock Herron and Jennifer Rawson Smitherman.
She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents who raised her as their own: Sam & Susan Hitchcock; mother: Irene Hitchcock Pinion; sister: Anna Lou Pinion Rawson; 15 Hitchcock siblings - the younger of these considered her their sister; 6 step-siblings.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 20, 2021 from the Dyer Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home with Bro. Gary Farris presiding. Interment followed in Crest Lawn Cemetery.
6:58 PM CST
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