Obit: Edmond L. Dyess, 1998, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Kaite Bales, P. O. Box 7471, Alexandria, La 71306
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July 28, 1998

Edmond L. Dyess

Services for the Rev. Edmond L. "Ted" Dyess will be at 10 a.m. Friday in The
Pentecostals of Alexandria Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery,
Gardner, under direction of John Kramer & Son. Additional services will be at
10 a.m. Wednesday in Life Challenge United Pentecostal Church, Odessa, Texas,
with the Rev. Dan Smelser officiating under direction of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral
Home, Odessa, Texas.

Dyess, 84, of Odessa, Texas, died Monday, July 27, 1998, in his residence.

He was a native of Gardner and served in the Civilian Conservation Corp. from
1936 to 1938. He was an evangelist and taught Bible seminars across America.
He attended Apostolic Bible Institute of St. Paul, Minn. He was a pastor of
churches in Natchitoches, Hornbeck and Ferriday. He built churches in
Columbia, Miss., Jackson, Calif., and Alamogordo, N.M. He worked at Western
Apostolic Bible College, District Board of California District U.P.C.,
Apostolic Assembly College in Hayword, Calif., and Christ Temple P.A.W. He was
a member of Writers Guild for literature for United Pentecostal Church
International.

Survivors include his wife, Anna White Dyess of Odessa, Texas; four brothers,
Elbert Dyess of Gardner, the Revs. O.C. Dyess and B.G. Dyess, both of
Alexandria, and Rufus Dyess of Richmond, Calif.; two sisters, Bertha Marler of
Alexandria and Jodie Marler of Hineston.

Friends may call from 3-9 p.m. Thursday and from 8:30 a.m. until time of
services Friday in the church.