Obituaries:  Edwin Dyess, Sabine Parish       D-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 13, 2002
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Edwin Dyess

  Funeral services for Edwin Dyess, 72, will be held at 2 p.m.
today, Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the First Baptist Church of Zwolle,
with the Rev. Jerry Penfield, and the Rev. Will Hassan
officiating. Burial will follow in the Progress Cemetery, under
the direction of the Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mr. Dyess, who was active in the cattle, oil, and timber
business, died at Sabine Medial Center on Monday, Feb. 11.

  He is survived by his widow, Billie Dyess of Many; a daughter,
Marilyn Laramy and husband Howard of Tampa, Florida; five sons,
Kenneth Dyess and wife Juanita of Monroe, William Daniel Dyess
and wife Desiree of Natchitoches, Gerald Dyess and wife Patricia
of Pineland, Texas, Harold Craig Dyess and wife Hazel of Zwolle,
and Darryl A. Dyess and wife Lisa of Converse; one sister, Helen
Vines of Shreveport; a half brother, Ernest Blankenship of
Pleasant Hill; 10 grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and a
host of nieces and nephews.