Obituaries:  Joshua C. Dyess, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       D-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 5, 1965
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Joshua C. Dyess

  Joshua C. Dyess, 92, of Marthaville, died Saturday, Feb. 27, in
a Many nursing home, after a lengthy illness. He was a native of
Pleasant Hill, and was a retired farmer.

  Funeral services were held in the Spring Ridge Baptist Church at
Pleasant Hill, at 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 28, with the Rev. Clarence
Burley officiating. Burial was in the Spring Ridge Cemetery,
under the direction of the First National Funeral Home of
Natchitoches.

  Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Joe Rawls of Marthaville; two
sons, Martin B. Dyess of Joaquin, Tex., and Joseph H. Dyess of
Huntington, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. S. H. Lofton of Lake Charles,
and Mrs. W. J. Graves of Pleasant Hill; one brother, Grover C.
Dyess of Marthaville; 39 grandchildren; 65 great grandchildren;
and 10 great-great grandchildren.