WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Judge Oris D. Hyder, 21 Apr 2002
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Oris D. Hyder

   Judge Oris D. Hyder, 82, Johnson City, died Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 
Johnson City Medical Center.
   Judge Hyder was a native of Milligan College and a son of the late 
Professor Sam Jack Hyder and Mrs. Mary Thomas Hyder. He was also preceded 
in death by a son, Thomas Exum Hyder, and a sister, Nelta Hyder Warnock.
   Judge Hyder attended the Training School at East Tennessee State College 
and graduated from Science Hill High School in 1937. He earned a bachelor's 
degree from Milligan College in 1941 and a law degree from Vanderbilt 
University's School of Law in 1948. He also was a graduate of the National 
College of State Trial Judges and the Louisiana State University School 
of Banking of the South.
   He served in the Army Air Corps as an air navigational instructor 
during World War II and achieved the rank of captain. He continued as an 
Air Force reservist with Selective Service Flight "T" and retired as a 
colonel in 1984. He returned to Johnson City after law school and served 
as Clerk and Master of Washington County from 1948-50. He engaged in 
private law practice from 1950-58 and served as city judge of Johnson City 
beginning in 1952. He was elected Criminal Court Judge of the First 
Judicial District in 1958 and a second term in 1966. He was appointed to 
the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals from 1969-70. After leaving the 
bench, he was president and chairman of the board of First People's Bank 
and later served as a substitute judge.
   Judge Hyder was a member of the Tennessee Judicial Conference from 
1958, having served as its president in 1969. He also had served on the 
Tennessee Bar Association Board.
   He served as director and president of the Johnson City Chamber of 
Commerce; president of the United Way; president of the Salvation Army 
Advisory Board; president of the Senior Citizens Advisory Board and its 
Foundation; and member and past president of the Kiwanis Club. He also 
served on the Johnson City/Washington County Industrial Board; the Johnson 
City Medical Center Board of Directors; the Washington County Republican 
Party Executive Committee and the Hurtsleigh Club.
   Judge Hyder was a founding member of the Institute for Continued 
Learning at East Tennessee State University, having served as its president 
in 1995. He was named Young Man of the Year by the Johnson City Junior 
chamber of Commerce in 1953.
   He was an active member of St. John's Episcopal Church, having served 
as a member of the Vestry, senior warden, layreader and member of the 
choir. He had served on various church committees and as a delegate to 
several deacon conventions. He served the Episcopal Diocese of East 
Tennessee as a member of the Bishop and Council, parliamentarian and vice 
chancellor. He was a past president of the Episcopal Laymen of Tennessee.
   Survivors include his wife, Margaret McKinney Hyder; a son, Michael 
Oris Hyder, Johnson City; two daughters, Patricia Hyder OBrion, Richmond, 
Va., and Mary Colin Hyder Santos, Lynchburg, Va.; and two sisters, Carsie 
Hyder Lodter, Johnson City, and Aline Hyder Hardwick, Bristol. Six 
grandchildren also survive.
   Morris-Baker Funeral Home, 2001 Oakland Avenue, Johnson City, (423) 
282-1521, is in charge of arrangements.
   
   HYDER -- A memorial service for Oris D. Hyder, 82, 
Johnson City, who died Sunday, April 21, 2002, will be held at 2 p.m. 
Friday, April 26, at St. John's Episcopal Church. The family will receive 
friends at the church for one hour prior to the service. Graveside services 
will follow at the National Cemetery at Mountain Home with the Rev. Frank 
Cooper officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial 
contributions be made to St. John's Episcopal Church, 500 Roan Street, 
Johnson City, TN 37601. Online condolences may be sent to www.morrisbaker.
com. Arrangements by Morris-Baker Funeral Home, Johnson City.