Jessica Dyer

Jessica Dyer, formerly of Roanoke, the younger of the two Craighead daughters, was found peacefully asleep in her chair at home in Norfolk, Va., Monday, November 3, 2008. Jessica was a beautiful artistic person that could inspire beauty in the clients she served as a hairdresser and in the students she taught at Brandon Middle School. She would choose controversial topics to discuss in order to get her students to think and excel in academic knowledge. She often expressed how much she wanted them to learn, graduate and have a better quality of life. She was predeceased by her father and mother, David and Hazel Craighead and brother-in-law, Albert Dewey Hendrick. She is survived by her family that loved her dearly; her sister, Barbara Hendrick; nephew and wife, Patrick and Amy Abbott; niece and husband, Beth and James Lynskey; and her greatnephews that she loved dearly, Adam Blake and David (Kai) Lynskey, all of Roanoke, Va. Also survived are her fiancé, Ricky Speight, of Carrollton, Va. and her best "childhood friend" Jim Booth, of Ocean View, Va.; and her ex-husband, Glen Dyer, of Berryville, Va. She also leaves behind a host of friends and students that she impacted their lives in some special way. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her. Funeral services will be at 12 p.m. on Saturday, November 8, 2008, at Oakey's North Chapel. The Rev. Ken Dupin will officiate. Interment will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Saturday from 11 a.m. until service time at Oakey's North Chapel, 540-362-1237.