[1] Dyer served for three years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in the European theater during World War II.
[2][1] On September 15, 1961, Governor Ellington appointed Dyer to a seat on the Tennessee Supreme Court vacated by the retirement of John E. Swepston.
The reprimand noted that the trial judge had exceeded the power of the courts and invaded the purview of the legislature.
[1] Dyer died in Lauderdale County, following a lengthy illness, and was interred in Halls Cemetery.
His grandson, also named Ross W. Dyer, also became a Tennessee state court judge.