Fletcher Hancock Dyer

Fletcher Hancock Dyer, 22, died in a motorcycle accident on Thursday, November 5, 2009, in Johnson City, Tenn. A Celebration of his Life and his Work will be held on Sunday, November 22, 2009, beginning at 4 p.m. in Johnson City, Tenn. at Nelson Fine Art, 324 East Main Street, Johnson City, Tenn. 37601, 423-926-2931. Fletcher was a Johnson City native who graduated from Science Hill High School and was a senior in the Department of Art and Design at East Tennessee State University. Fletcher is one of the brightest lights of our life. He did more fantastic work in the few years of his short life than most of us do in a lifetime. In the beginning, serving as his sister's, India, biggest role model and later becoming a model for all of us. His passion, reflected in his life and work, was to make the world a better place. Fletcher is the wonderful son of Barbara Hancock Dyer (Salem native) and M. Wayne Dyer (Roanoke native), of Johnson City, Tenn. Fletcher is survived by two sisters, Carrie A. Dyer, of Little Rock, Ark. and India E. Dyer, of Johnson City, Tenn. Survivors also include his paternal grandparents, I. Marvin Dyer and Opal M. Dyer, of Roanoke, Va.; uncles and aunts, Reginald L. and Anna Dyer, Kenneth and Lori Hancock, all of Salem, Va., Susanne and Roger McNulty, Pat and John Whitcomb II, all of Roanoke, Va. Additionally, cousins include Sarah D. Quesinberry, Teddy Dyer, Daniel Dyer, Jessica Hancock, Alex Hancock, John Whitcomb III and his wife, Dawn, all of Salem, Va., Heidi Clemons, and Felicia Whitcomb, both of Roanoke, Va. Fletcher was predeceased by Colleen and Earl Hancock; maternal grandparents; and greatgrandparents, Carrie E. and Frank L. Hancock, Ruby F. Willis, and Mae Musselman, all formerly of Salem, Va., Ethel and Isaac Martin Dyer, formerly of Roanoke, Va. Friends may also call at any time at Fletcher Dyer's home in Johnson City, Tenn. In lieu of flowers, friends may send donations to Network of Advocates for Promising Practices in Education (NAPPE), The School to Prison Pipeline Project, P.O. Box 954, Johnson City, Tenn. 37605.