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Surnames: DYER
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DONT KNOW WHERE YOU GOT THE MAY 18, 1909- BUT I KNOW WHO YOU ARE TAKING ABOUT - MY GREAT
GREAT GRANDPARENTS .LUCILLE WAS MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER -STICK WITH ME TO THE FLOYD COUNTY
PART .
HERMAN ENGLISH DYER SR WAS BORN 28 FEB 1882 IN SUMNER COUNTY, TENNESSEE THE YOUNGEST OF
TEN CHILDREN BORN TO ISAIAH WASHINGTON DYER ( 1837-1888 WAS IN THE C.S.A. ) AND HIS WIFE
MARTHA ANNA FRANCIS " PUSS " GLENN ( 1843- 1912 ) HE MARRIED FIRST TO MAGGIE
BLATTON IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN AND HAD FOUR CHILDREN THEN AFTER SHE DIED OF T.B.IN 1912
HE MARRIED DELLA ANN BURNETT ON 24 JUNE 1918 AT
LOUISVILLE,KY SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ANDERSON WARREN BERNARD BURNETT AND HIS WIFE ADA
BRUSE SHE WAS BORN 28 AUG 1895 AT LEITCHFIELD , GRAYSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY . HER MOTHER DIED
IN 1906 AND SHE CAME TO LOUSIVILLE, KY WHERE SHE MET HERMAN A WIDOWER WHO HAD ONE LEG HE
LOST IN A STREET CAR ACCIDENT IN NASHVILLE - THEY MARRIED AS I SAID AND HAD 7 MORE
CHILDREN - TWO OF THE SONS( BROTHERS TO LUCILLE ) JOHN BERNARD (J.B. ) AND WILLIAM EDWARD
" BILLY " DYER EACH DIED AT SIX YEARS OF AGE AND ARE BURIED WITH HERMAN AND
DELLA AT FAIRVIEW CEMETERY IN NEW ALBANY, FLOYD COUNTY, INDIANA . THE DYER FAMILY MOVED
FROM LOUISVILLE TO HARRISON COUNTY IN LATE 1919 BEFORE THE BIRTH OF THEIR FIRST SON
TOGETHER HERMAN ENGLISH DYER JR ( BROTHER OF LUCILLE )-HE MAY BE THE ONE YOU ARE THINKING
OF WE IN THE FAMILY CALLED HIM JUNIOR HIS FRIENDS HERMAN - LUCILLE MARIE DYER WAS BORN 9
APRIL 1923 AT ELIZABETH HARRISON COUNTY, INDIANA - IN LATE 1924 THE FAMILY MOVED TO NEW
ALBAY, FLOYD COUNTY, INDIANA AND H!
ERMAN OWNED DYER AND SON GROCERY AT 700 W. CHERRY STREET - CORNER OF 7TH AND CHERRY - HE
DIED THERE ON 2 NOV 1938 AT AGE 56 FROM INFECTION THAT SET IN LEG - HE WAS UP FOR COUNTY
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE RE-ELECTION WHEN HE DIED - HE HAD BEEN A SHERIFF, JUSTICE OF THE
PEACE, JUDGE, FLORIST ,
OWNED TWO GROCERY STORES ( ALTHOUGH THE RED CROSS DID A GOOD JOB OF CLEANING HIM OUT AFTER
THE FLOOD IN 27 AND NEVER REALLY PAID HIM BACK BEFORE HE DIED ) HE ALSO OWNED FIVE HOMES
AS RENTAL PROPERTY - HE LIVED ABOVE HIS GROCERY AND PRIOR TO THAT OFF HEDDEN COURT WHERE
HE WAS A FLORIST HE ALSO OWNED RENTAL CABINS A DANCE HALL AND 2 DINERS .AS FAR AS MY
GREAT GRANDMOTHER LUCILLE - SHE MARRIED FISRT TO SHERMAN EMMITT WRIGHT SON OF EDMOND MACK
WRIGHT AND NANCY CATHERINE FULTON WHO CAME FROM JAMESTOWN, FENTRESS COUNTY, TENNNESSEE
WHERE HE WAS BORN ON 26 MARCH 1917 - THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1939 - THE HARRISON COUNTY
COURTHOUSE BURNED AND THEY CANT FIND THE EXACT DATE - SHE ALWAYS SAID SPRING SO WE FIGURE
APRIL OR MAY - SHE AND SHERMAN HAD TWO CHILDREN - ANN KATHERYN WRIGHT - MY GRANDMOTHER AND
RONALD N. WRIGHT WHO LIVES NEAR WASHINGTON, DC . - SHE THEN DIVORCED SHERMAN IN 1948 AND
MARRIED RAYMOND HAROLD CREECH OF HARLAN COUNTY, KY - THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN
TOGETHER -
MARSHA MARIE CREECH
BELLA RAE CREECH
EVA JO CREECH
LAURA ROSE CREECH
HAROLD STEVEN CREECH
JEFFERY BARTON CREECH
MARRY MARGARET CREECH - THEN LUCILLE
DIVORCED HIM AND AFTER LIVING IN CALIFORNIA FOR AWHILE SHE CAME BACK TO INDIANA - SHE WAS
SINGLE ALONG TIME AND IN HER LAST YEARS SHE MARRIED MARTIN FIELDS WHO WAS A WIDOWER WITH
CHILDREN - THEY HAD NO KIDS TOGETHER AND HE DIED CA. 1981-
LUCILLE MARIE (DYER0 WRIGHT , CREECH, FIELDS DIED AT HERDON VIRGINIA ON THE NIGHT OF THE
6TH INTO THE 7TH OF APRIL 1989 AND SHE WAS TAKEN BACK TO INDIANA FOR BURIAL SHE IS IN A
CRYPT AT WILSON- ST.PIERRE'S FOREST LAWN CEMETERY ABOUT FIVE MILES FROM ME IN
GREENWOOD,INDIANA JUST SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS . - DELLA( HER MOTHER ) OUTLIVED HER AND
DIED WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER - I REMEMBER HER WELL AND SHE WAS SHARP UNTIL THE DAY SHE DIED
.I LOVED HER VERY MUCH - LUCILLE HAD SOME TROUBLE WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER AND MY GRANDMOTHER
LIVED WITH HER GRANDMOTHER DELLA DYER UNTIL SHE WAS 15 WHEN SHE CAME TOLIVE WITH LUCILLE
IN INDIANAPOLIS - DELLA TOLD US ALL ABOUT HER HISTORY AND BACKGOUND AND DELLA'S FATHER
A.W.B. BURNETT " WARREN " LIVED WITH HIS DAUGHTER DELLA AND GRANDAUGHTER ANN .
HE DIED IN 9149 WHILE MY GRANDMOTHER WAS VISTING HER MOM - LUCILLE IN CALIFORNIA .
- I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE WITH YOU FARTHER - THE " KNOBS " OF CORSE AR THE FLOYD
KNOBS WHICH ARE THE SMALL MOUNTAINS THAT SURROUND THE OHIO RIVER . - PLEASE CONTACT ME .
AT ONE POINT THE WHOLE TOWN KNEW THE DYER FAMILY AND THE DYER FAMILY KNEW THEM .
SCOTT B. BUSH
1126 LONDONERRY LANE
GREENWOOD,IN. 46142-1632
(317) 884-0276
EMAIL : CUREFAN(a)ANGELFIRE.COM -THATS THE ONE I CHECK EVERYDAY - ALSO
SCOTTBUSH@ANGELFIRE,COM AND SCOTTYBUSH(a)IHATECLOWNS.COM .