Lyla Ulmer Dreier Services for Lyla Ulmer Dreier will be held Sunday, February 10, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church in Rose Hill, MS, with Reverend Phillip Smith officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Dreier, 87, died Thursday, February 07, 2013, at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, MS. Lyla Ulmer Dreier was born on April 17, 1925. She spent her early years in Meridian. She graduated from high school in 1942 and then went to Germany to work in the Nurenberg Trials. Mr. Dreier graduated from West Point in 1946 and was sent to Germany, where they were married in Wiesbaden. His first assignment was in Pittsburgh, PA. They went to Japan for three years then Ft. Lee, VA where Donald resigned from the Army and went to work with Exxon. They lived in numerous places including Dobbs Ferry, NY; Peekskill, NY; Beirut, Lebanon; Caracas, Venezuela; Summit, NJ; Brussels, Belgium; Stanford, CT; Jensen Beach, FL and Jackson, MS. She is survived by her children Susan D. Culverhouse who resides in Ft. Pierce, FL; Elizabeth Ann Dreier Fullman who resides in Ridgeland, MS and Donald Warren Dreier, Jr. who resides in Singapore; seven grandchildren; brother Roland Curtis Ulmer, Sr. who resides in Athens, GA and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Donald W. Dreier, Sr. and son Henry Brian Dreier. Family and friends may sign the online guest book at robertbarhamffh.com. Visitation will be held Saturday from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home.
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