Alvin Wesley Dyer Jr.

  General Notes:

The 1955 Richmond, VA City Directory records:
Alvin W. Dyer Jr. (Audrey S.) pres W H Stoval & Co h833 Arlington cir
Alvin W. Dyer (Mabel B.) slsmn Rd Dry Gds h1006 W Durwood Crescent

The 1941 Richmond, VA City Directory records:
Alvin W. Dyer Jr. student r124 Granite av
Alvin W. Dyer (Mabel B.) slsmn Rd Dry Gds h124 Granite av

The 1940 Federal Census for Tuckahoe Magisterial District, Henrico Co., Virginia, District 44-31C, page 481A, dated May 4, 1940 records Alvin W. Dyer Jr. (18) living with his parents Alvin W. Sr. (47) and Mabel B. (48) Dyer at 124 Granite Avenue. Also in the household is Alvin Sr.'s widowed father, John W. Dyer (83). Alvin Sr. is employed as a Notion Salesman for a Drygoods earning $4,100 working 51 weeks during the last year.


Alvin Wesley Dyer
September 12, 1921 - May 27, 2014
Woody Funeral Home Parham
1771 North Parham Road, Richmond, VA


Obituary Published in The Times Dispatch - June 1, 2014
Alvin Wesley DYER Jr., born in Richmond, Va. on September 12, 1921, the only child of Alvin Wesley Dyer Sr. and Mabel Smith Dyer, passed away May 27, 2014. He was raised in the village of Westhampton, which was then part of Henrico County. He graduated from Westhampton High School in 1938, where he lettered in three sports and then attended Benedictine High School, graduating with the class of 1940. While at Benedictine, he played on the 1940 Basketball team that traveled to Chicago for the National Catholic Interscholastic Tournament. He enrolled at Virginia Polytechnic Institute for the class of 1944, where he was a member of the baseball team. In 1942 however, he left VPI and enlisted in the United States Army, rising to the rank of Master Sergeant, before attending Officer Candidate School. He was commissioned as Second Lieutenant. He served with the 1629th Combat Engineers in the Pacific Theater in 1944 and 1945 before being stationed in Japan until 1947, when he was discharged. He attended The College of William and Mary after his return. In 1950, he was recalled for the Korean War, rising to the rank of Captain. He was the owner and president of the W.H. Stovall Company until retiring in 1979. He served on the Board of Directors of the Richmond Builders Exchange, Children Incorporated and the Delmar Club of Naples, Florida. He was a founding member of St. Matthews Episcopal Church and served on the vestry and as Senior Warden. He was predeceased by his first wife, Audrey Stovall Dyer. He is survived by his second wife, Elizabeth "Libby" Johnstone Dyer; as well as his four children, Deborah Rock, Douglass Young, Brian Dyer and John Dyer; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his cousin, Tommie Gilman; and special friends, Jan Hunt, Bob and Marti Latshaw, and Phil and Sydney Sherrod. His was a life well lived. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to Children Incorporated, 4205 Dover Rd., Richmond, Va. 23221-3267. Online condolences may be made at www.woodyfuneralhome.com.

Alvin married Audrey Stovall. (Audrey Stovall was born on 9 Aug 1924 and died on 5 Aug 1992 in Richmond, VA.)

Alvin next married Living