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Stephen Jack Dyer November 18, 1955 - July 22, 2022 Stephen "Steve" Jack Dyer, 66, of Callisburg, passed away July 22, 2022 in Callisburg. Steve was born November 18, 1955 in Muenster, TX, the oldest son of Delbert Jack and Jeannene Dyer. Steve’s family moved to Farmers Branch, TX when he was five years old. He attended R.L. Turner High School in Carrollton, TX and graduated in 1974. After graduation, Steve joined the U.S. Navy and served our country from 1975 to 1979. He was a Gunner’s Mate and was stationed in Bremerton, WA on the USS Bainbridge. After his service in the Navy, Steve went to work for the Addison Fire Department in 1980, where he spent the next 22 years as a Fire Equipment Operator. He was well respected by his firefighter brothers and always had the desire to help others. On October 30, 1981, Steve married Linda Joan Wros. They raised two great children, Jamie and Andrew, and moved back to the Gainesville area in 1985. Steve had a passion for hard rock music and playing his bass guitar. He also loved carpentry and was an excellent trim carpenter, which he pursued during his free time and after he retired from the fire department in 2002. Steve had a variety of interests and enjoyed hunting for arrowheads, writing poetry, riding his motorcycle, and going fishing and camping. Mr. Dyer was preceded in death by: father Jack Dyer; brother Christopher Dyer; sister-in-law Desiree Dyer; and nephew Cozmoe Dyer. Survivors include: wife of 40 years Linda (Wros) Dyer of Callisburg; daughter Jamie Lynn and husband Christopher Westbrook and their children Joslyn, Ryan, Sydnie, and Carolina of Hubert, NC; son Andrew Dyer of Moss Lake, TX; mother Jeannene Dyer of Gainesville, TX; brother Michael Dyer of Allen, TX; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins. A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. Interment will follow with military honors at Valley View Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 1:45 P.M. prior to the service. Memorial contributions may be made to Home Hospice of Cooke County.