Ernest Dyal

ERNEST DYAL BAXTER-Funeral services for Ernest Talmadge "TUBBS" Dyal, 89 of Baxter, will be Saturday, July 1 at 3 P.M. from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Home. Interment will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Rev. Danny Hembree and Barry Wilson will officiate. Mr. Dyal died Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at NHC of Cookeville. He was born October 22, 1927 in Lynnville, Georgia to the late Delton and Kate Coley Dyal. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by wife Juanita Maddux Dyal who died June 22, 2009, a son Delton Dyal, granddaughter Jennifer Robinson, sisters Judy Hart and Mae Madray, brothers Raymond, Tobie, Robert and Jack Dyal. He was a member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church. He was a retired route supervisor with Pepsi-Cola and later was a tow motor operator at Fleetguard. He loved watching his family play sports, watching the Atlanta Braves on TV, fishing and playing rook. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Sharon and Jimmie Robinson of Baxter, sister Merlene Altman of Ludowici, GA, brother Grady (Peggy) Dyal of Franklin, TN, grandchildren: Michelle Shaeffer of Baxter, Valerie (Dustin) Loftis of Cookeville, great-grandchildren Taylor, Ashley, Brittany and Kaitlyn Rector, Alexis Shaeffer and Ayden Loftis, great-great-grandchildren: Addyson and Hensley King, Aaliyah Freedle, special friend Shirley Maynard, several nieces and nephews. Special thanks to NHC, Betty Medley and Linda LaFever for the special care. Active Pallbearers will be Larry, David, Marvin, and Duwayne Dyal, Dennis Rector, Dustin Loftis and Rodger LaFever. Family will receive friends Friday from 4 to 8 PM and after 10 AM Saturday at the funeral home. Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements (931)858-2134. You may share your thoughts and memories at www.hhhfunerals