Laverne Dyar

Laverne Dyar, 71, passed away Sunday, June 11, 2023, in Eldorado, Texas surrounded by her loved ones.

Graveside services will be 10:00 AM Saturday, June 17, 2023, in Sonora Cemetery with Ryan Dalgliesh, pastor of The Four 56 Church, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Robert Massie Funeral Home.

Mrs. Dyar was born August 18, 1951, in Detroit, MI to William and Virginia Smith. She was a 1972 graduate of Redford High School in Detroit, Michigan. Laverne married William Dyar on December 21, 1972, in Bladensburg, Maryland. She was a veteran of the US Marine Corp. Laverne was a caregiver and homemaker. She moved from Boaz, Alabama to Sonora, Texas in October 2022. She was a member of Snead's Chapel in Mt. Hebron, Alabama. She loved going on walks, talking to people, and she never met a stranger. Laverne was always studying her Bible. She remembered everyone's birthday.

Survivors include her husband, William of Boaz, Alabama; her son, Shane Dyar and wife Christy of Sonora, Texas; three grandchildren, Gabrielle, Lillian, and Isaac all of Sonora, Texas; her brother, William "Bill" Smith of Morgantown, Kentucky; her sister, Denise Hester and husband "Red" of Hohenwald, Tennessee. Laverne was preceded in death by her parents, and a sister Elna and her husband Anthony Pesko.