UPDATE ON THE INVESTIGATION OF LHSAA PRACTICES & PROCEDURES : In July of 2025, the Louisiana State Legislature launched a comprehensive study of The Louisiana High School Athletic Association, known as LHSAA, which findings are “DUE BY FEBRUARY 14, 2026,” through House Concurrent Resolution 24. Now, on to this week’s Black Pioneer! Somehow, even with the current Technology such as AI, Google, and other online search engines, I could not find A Single Speck of Information on “Reverend Issac Samuel Dyer, the founder of Dyer Chapel CME Church, that’s located in West Monroe, Louisiana.”
However, I was able to find an interesting obituary on his wife, Teriece C.I. Dyer Cyrus. It seems that Teriece was married to Reverend Issac Samuel Dyer when he founded “The Dyer Chapel CME Church, located in West Monroe, Louisiana, back in 1976!”
Also, she was born on February 17, 1912, in Calhoun, Louisiana to Verge and Nora Green Ivey. The following are several highlights from her 93-year journey on this earth: *First and foremost was when Teriece got baptized and united with a church at an early age. *Graduating from Grambling College with a degree in Education. *Attending Ohio State University & Boston University. *Becoming a Librarian & Teacher at Jerry S. Moore Elementary School in Minden, Louisiana. *Becoming a Librarian & Teacher at Drew Elementary School and Boley Elementary School, in West Monroe, Louisiana. *When she became “The First Black Director” of the newly created Ouachita Parish Head Start Program. *When she became a member of The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. *When she married Reverend Issac Samuel Dyer. *When she married William Cyrus. *When she retired from the Public School System to open “The Westside Day Care & Child Development Center” with her daughter, Nora, in West Monroe, Louisiana.
Sadly, on Saturday, March 26, 2005, after rendering over 35 years of dedicated service as a Teacher in the Ouachita Parish School System, and several years of serving her community through her family’s Daycare, Teriece C.I. Dyer Cyrus quietly transitioned from this life to be with the Lord!
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