Gary Dale Dyer, age 80, passed away on Monday, May 24, 2021. Services for Gary will be held on Thursday, May 27, 2021 in the High Mesa Cowboy Church at 10:00AM with Interment to follow at Girard Cemetery in Girard, Texas. Officiated by Pastor Todd King. Services are under the direction of Heartland Funeral Home.
Gary was born to Ben and Maurine (Duncan) Dyer on December 30, 1940 at his home in Girard Texas. He remained in Girard throughout his childhood and graduated from Girard High School in 1959. Gary grew up on the family farm in Girard, but Gary did not care too much for the farm because, as he said, “his grandad worked him from sun up to sun down”. He was drafted into the military after graduation where he served for around 3 years. After leaving the Army, Gary became a truck driver which was his passion. He loved driving, but loved it more when he found someone to share the road with him. More than that, he found someone who he would share his whole life with when he met
Apr 30, 2021
GIRARD Charles Edward Hopper Jr., 49, of Girard, died Saturday morning, April 24, 2021, following a trucking accident near Harrisburg, Pa.
Charles Edward, known as Eddie, was born May 5, 1971, in Youngstown, a son of Charles Edward and Helen Eva Greathouse Hopper Sr., and was a lifelong area resident.
He graduated from Girard High School and Trumbull County Joint Vocational School in 1989. Following graduation, Eddie started out working as a printer for Piper Printing in Canfield. Eddie then became a truck driver for several different local trucking companies including J.B. Hunter, where he was a driver trainer and was currently working for Estes Express Lines in West Middlesex, Pa. He enjoyed spending time with his family, especially taking them fishing and camping.
New-style roundabouts are coming to the Girard/Platea interchange of Interstate 90 in Girard Township.
The twin teardrop roundabouts, so-called because of their teardrop shape, will be the first in Pennsylvania when they are built at each end of a new Route 18 bridge over the interstate next year.
Local opinion on the planned roundabouts is mixed. Some local residents look forward to the twin teardrops. Others say they ll be a nuisance.
Roundabouts rationale: Improved safety, less cost
The teardrop roundabouts will carry Route 18 traffic across the interstate. They also will carry traffic getting off the interstate and turning left to cross the bridge.