July 28, 1998, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, Alexandria, La
Edmond Lee (Ted) Dyess was the son of:
J. B. (Jose) Dyess and Sarah Matilda Smith
He was the grand son of:
Jermiah Smith and Mary Caroline Wilson
He was the Great Grandson of:
Francis (Frank) Wilson and Sarah Matilda Byrd
He was the Great Great Grandson of:
Thomas Wilson and ELIZABETH CARTER
He was the Great Great Great Grandson of:
MATHEW CARTER JR and Mary Rester
He was the Great Great Great Great Grandson of:
MATHEW CARTER SR and Cassandra Barbour
He was the Great Great Great Great Great Grandson of:
MATHEW CARTER and Patience Lamb
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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.