Happy went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Monday, Feb. 28, at the age of 96.
Visitation will be on Thursday, March 3, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 4, at The First Baptist Church of Odessa with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Happy, as he was known by his family, friends and business associates, was born May 29, 1908, in Whitewright, the oldest child of D.H. and Melinda Dyer. His two sisters, Juanita and Elizabeth preceded him in death.
In the early 1920s, Happy moved to West Texas. He graduated from high school in 1925 and briefly attended Texas Tech.
During the Depression, he was employed by Cicero Smith Lumber Company in Lamesa. There he met Una Earnest whom he married in 1932. Una was his “sweetheart” until her death in 1988 after 56 years of marriage.
He is survived by his son, Mike Dyer of Dallas; daughter-in-law, Penny Dyer, of Dallas; and grandchildren, Jill and Evan Dyer, both of Dallas.
In 1930, Happy moved to Odessa where he was
employed with Oilfield Lumber Company. Happy joined the U.S. Army, where he served honorably until his discharge in 1945. Returning to Odessa after the war, he formed Abell-McHargue Lumber Company with two associates in nearby Midland. He was general manager of Abell-McHargue Lumber Company until 1957, at which time he accepted a position with Odessa Savings and Loan. He remained with Odessa Savings, for 30 years, retiring as its chairman in 1987.
Happy was a remarkable man who made quite a difference in his adopted home of Odessa. He was a visionary and an exemplary servant leader. Most Odessans consider Happy to be one of the major building blocks in Odessa’s foundation. He was a “charter member” of just about everything that gives the city of Odessa an identity, to name a few: The Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang, The Permian Basin Oil Show, The Odessa College Board, The Medical Center Development Corporation, The Odessa Chamber of Commerce, The Odessa Boy’s and Girl’s Club, YMCA, Mental Health/
Mental Retardation Center, and The Downtown Lions Club. He also served on the Ector County School Board; Coliseum Building Committee was a state director of the Savings and Loan Association, and The Lumberman’s Association of Texas and was a member of Masonic Bodies and the Odessa High School Booster Club.
He was recognized as a Lifetime Member of The Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang and the Odessa Chamber of Commerce. In 1978 the Odessa Chamber of Commerce elected him their “Man of the Year”; and in 1993 he was named recipient of the Heritage of Odessa’s Community Statesman Award for Community service. In October 2000, Happy was recognized by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce as The Outstanding Citizen of the Year and was also presented with an honorary degree in Business Administration from Texas Tech University.
Happy loved his church and his pastors and was an active member of the First Baptist Church where he was baptized on the same day as his son Mike in 1958: as father and son together, they made public their profession of faith in Christ as Savior.
Happy was a man of integrity and honor, and he left both a public and a private legacy of excellence and faith to his family and friends and to the leaders of Odessa who will come after him.
Monday, Feb. 28 Happy’s faith became sight, and he lives now in heaven where he beholds his Savior face to face forever. He would want all his friends and family to know that his deepest desire was that they all place their faith in Christ and meet him in heaven someday.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Music Ministry of First Baptist Church Odessa, Clearwater Community Church at 701 Centennial, Richardson, TX, 75081, or The Jesus Film Project at 233 Westover, Argyle, TX, 76226.
Visitation will be on Thursday, March 3, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 4, at The First Baptist Church of Odessa with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Happy, as he was known by his family, friends and business associates, was born May 29, 1908, in Whitewright, the oldest child of D.H. and Melinda Dyer. His two sisters, Juanita and Elizabeth preceded him in death.
In the early 1920s, Happy moved to West Texas. He graduated from high school in 1925 and briefly attended Texas Tech.
During the Depression, he was employed by Cicero Smith Lumber Company in Lamesa. There he met Una Earnest whom he married in 1932. Una was his “sweetheart” until her death in 1988 after 56 years of marriage.
He is survived by his son, Mike Dyer of Dallas; daughter-in-law, Penny Dyer, of Dallas; and grandchildren, Jill and Evan Dyer, both of Dallas.
In 1930, Happy moved to Odessa where he was
employed with Oilfield Lumber Company. Happy joined the U.S. Army, where he served honorably until his discharge in 1945. Returning to Odessa after the war, he formed Abell-McHargue Lumber Company with two associates in nearby Midland. He was general manager of Abell-McHargue Lumber Company until 1957, at which time he accepted a position with Odessa Savings and Loan. He remained with Odessa Savings, for 30 years, retiring as its chairman in 1987.
Happy was a remarkable man who made quite a difference in his adopted home of Odessa. He was a visionary and an exemplary servant leader. Most Odessans consider Happy to be one of the major building blocks in Odessa’s foundation. He was a “charter member” of just about everything that gives the city of Odessa an identity, to name a few: The Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang, The Permian Basin Oil Show, The Odessa College Board, The Medical Center Development Corporation, The Odessa Chamber of Commerce, The Odessa Boy’s and Girl’s Club, YMCA, Mental Health/
Mental Retardation Center, and The Downtown Lions Club. He also served on the Ector County School Board; Coliseum Building Committee was a state director of the Savings and Loan Association, and The Lumberman’s Association of Texas and was a member of Masonic Bodies and the Odessa High School Booster Club.
He was recognized as a Lifetime Member of The Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang and the Odessa Chamber of Commerce. In 1978 the Odessa Chamber of Commerce elected him their “Man of the Year”; and in 1993 he was named recipient of the Heritage of Odessa’s Community Statesman Award for Community service. In October 2000, Happy was recognized by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce as The Outstanding Citizen of the Year and was also presented with an honorary degree in Business Administration from Texas Tech University.
Happy loved his church and his pastors and was an active member of the First Baptist Church where he was baptized on the same day as his son Mike in 1958: as father and son together, they made public their profession of faith in Christ as Savior.
Happy was a man of integrity and honor, and he left both a public and a private legacy of excellence and faith to his family and friends and to the leaders of Odessa who will come after him.
Monday, Feb. 28 Happy’s faith became sight, and he lives now in heaven where he beholds his Savior face to face forever. He would want all his friends and family to know that his deepest desire was that they all place their faith in Christ and meet him in heaven someday.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Music Ministry of First Baptist Church Odessa, Clearwater Community Church at 701 Centennial, Richardson, TX, 75081, or The Jesus Film Project at 233 Westover, Argyle, TX, 76226.
Happy went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Monday, Feb. 28, at the age of 96.
Visitation will be on Thursday, March 3, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 4, at The First Baptist Church of Odessa with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Happy, as he was known by his family, friends and business associates, was born May 29, 1908, in Whitewright, the oldest child of D.H. and Melinda Dyer. His two sisters, Juanita and Elizabeth preceded him in death.
In the early 1920s, Happy moved to West Texas. He graduated from high school in 1925 and briefly attended Texas Tech.
During the Depression, he was employed by Cicero Smith Lumber Company in Lamesa. There he met Una Earnest whom he married in 1932. Una was his “sweetheart” until her death in 1988 after 56 years of marriage.
He is survived by his son, Mike Dyer of Dallas; daughter-in-law, Penny Dyer, of Dallas; and grandchildren, Jill and Evan Dyer, both of Dallas.
In 1930, Happy moved to Odessa where he was
employed with Oilfield Lumber Company. Happy joined the U.S. Army, where he served honorably until his discharge in 1945. Returning to Odessa after the war, he formed Abell-McHargue Lumber Company with two associates in nearby Midland. He was general manager of Abell-McHargue Lumber Company until 1957, at which time he accepted a position with Odessa Savings and Loan. He remained with Odessa Savings, for 30 years, retiring as its chairman in 1987.
Happy was a remarkable man who made quite a difference in his adopted home of Odessa. He was a visionary and an exemplary servant leader. Most Odessans consider Happy to be one of the major building blocks in Odessa’s foundation. He was a “charter member” of just about everything that gives the city of Odessa an identity, to name a few: The Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang, The Permian Basin Oil Show, The Odessa College Board, The Medical Center Development Corporation, The Odessa Chamber of Commerce, The Odessa Boy’s and Girl’s Club, YMCA, Mental Health/
Mental Retardation Center, and The Downtown Lions Club. He also served on the Ector County School Board; Coliseum Building Committee was a state director of the Savings and Loan Association, and The Lumberman’s Association of Texas and was a member of Masonic Bodies and the Odessa High School Booster Club.
He was recognized as a Lifetime Member of The Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang and the Odessa Chamber of Commerce. In 1978 the Odessa Chamber of Commerce elected him their “Man of the Year”; and in 1993 he was named recipient of the Heritage of Odessa’s Community Statesman Award for Community service. In October 2000, Happy was recognized by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce as The Outstanding Citizen of the Year and was also presented with an honorary degree in Business Administration from Texas Tech University.
Happy loved his church and his pastors and was an active member of the First Baptist Church where he was baptized on the same day as his son Mike in 1958: as father and son together, they made public their profession of faith in Christ as Savior.
Happy was a man of integrity and honor, and he left both a public and a private legacy of excellence and faith to his family and friends and to the leaders of Odessa who will come after him.
Monday, Feb. 28 Happy’s faith became sight, and he lives now in heaven where he beholds his Savior face to face forever. He would want all his friends and family to know that his deepest desire was that they all place their faith in Christ and meet him in heaven someday.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Music Ministry of First Baptist Church Odessa, Clearwater Community Church at 701 Centennial, Richardson, TX, 75081, or The Jesus Film Project at 233 Westover, Argyle, TX, 76226.
Visitation will be on Thursday, March 3, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 4, at The First Baptist Church of Odessa with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
Happy, as he was known by his family, friends and business associates, was born May 29, 1908, in Whitewright, the oldest child of D.H. and Melinda Dyer. His two sisters, Juanita and Elizabeth preceded him in death.
In the early 1920s, Happy moved to West Texas. He graduated from high school in 1925 and briefly attended Texas Tech.
During the Depression, he was employed by Cicero Smith Lumber Company in Lamesa. There he met Una Earnest whom he married in 1932. Una was his “sweetheart” until her death in 1988 after 56 years of marriage.
He is survived by his son, Mike Dyer of Dallas; daughter-in-law, Penny Dyer, of Dallas; and grandchildren, Jill and Evan Dyer, both of Dallas.
In 1930, Happy moved to Odessa where he was
employed with Oilfield Lumber Company. Happy joined the U.S. Army, where he served honorably until his discharge in 1945. Returning to Odessa after the war, he formed Abell-McHargue Lumber Company with two associates in nearby Midland. He was general manager of Abell-McHargue Lumber Company until 1957, at which time he accepted a position with Odessa Savings and Loan. He remained with Odessa Savings, for 30 years, retiring as its chairman in 1987.
Happy was a remarkable man who made quite a difference in his adopted home of Odessa. He was a visionary and an exemplary servant leader. Most Odessans consider Happy to be one of the major building blocks in Odessa’s foundation. He was a “charter member” of just about everything that gives the city of Odessa an identity, to name a few: The Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang, The Permian Basin Oil Show, The Odessa College Board, The Medical Center Development Corporation, The Odessa Chamber of Commerce, The Odessa Boy’s and Girl’s Club, YMCA, Mental Health/
Mental Retardation Center, and The Downtown Lions Club. He also served on the Ector County School Board; Coliseum Building Committee was a state director of the Savings and Loan Association, and The Lumberman’s Association of Texas and was a member of Masonic Bodies and the Odessa High School Booster Club.
He was recognized as a Lifetime Member of The Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang and the Odessa Chamber of Commerce. In 1978 the Odessa Chamber of Commerce elected him their “Man of the Year”; and in 1993 he was named recipient of the Heritage of Odessa’s Community Statesman Award for Community service. In October 2000, Happy was recognized by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce as The Outstanding Citizen of the Year and was also presented with an honorary degree in Business Administration from Texas Tech University.
Happy loved his church and his pastors and was an active member of the First Baptist Church where he was baptized on the same day as his son Mike in 1958: as father and son together, they made public their profession of faith in Christ as Savior.
Happy was a man of integrity and honor, and he left both a public and a private legacy of excellence and faith to his family and friends and to the leaders of Odessa who will come after him.
Monday, Feb. 28 Happy’s faith became sight, and he lives now in heaven where he beholds his Savior face to face forever. He would want all his friends and family to know that his deepest desire was that they all place their faith in Christ and meet him in heaven someday.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Music Ministry of First Baptist Church Odessa, Clearwater Community Church at 701 Centennial, Richardson, TX, 75081, or The Jesus Film Project at 233 Westover, Argyle, TX, 76226.
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