Birth: Jan. 2, 1886 Mississippi, USADeath: Dec. 15, 1970 Prentiss Jefferson Davis County Mississippi, USA Prentiss Headlight, Prentiss, Mississippi December 24, 1970
Mrs. Carrie Dyess service held
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from Green's Creek Baptist Church for Mrs. Carrie McPhail Dyess, 84, of Route 1, Carson, who died Tuesday afternoon at the Jefferson Davis County Hospital. Rev. Charlie Nobles officiated and interment followed in the church cemetery with Saulters Funeral Home in charge. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
Mrs. Dyess was a lifelong resident of the Green's Creek Community and was a Baptist.
Survivors include four sons, Sedgie Dyess, Wilburn Dyess, Willie Dyess, and Ernest Dyess, all of Carson; four daughters, Mrs. Oliver Bass, Mrs. T. W. Bass, both of Carson; Mrs. Clarence Smith of Columbia; Mrs. Cassie Smith of Pascagoula; 38 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, one brother, Hoy McPhail of Rolling Fork; one sister, Mrs. Robert Raynes of Columbia. Family links: Parents: William Washington McPhail (1856 - 1929) Rebekah Jane Robbins McPhail (1855 - 1950) Spouse: George Washington Dyess (1884 - 1967)* Children: Zelma Rosetta Dyess Bass (1905 - 1995)* Beulah Dyess (1907 - 1908)* Bessie Dyess (1909 - ____)* Sarah Elizabeth Dyess Smith (1910 - 2001)* Wilburn Washing Dyess (1913 - 1978)* Sedgie Alton Dyess (1916 - 1973)* Ida Kate Dyess Bass (1917 - 2006)* Willie Edward Dyess (1921 - 1974)* Ernest Lee Dyess (1922 - 1987)* Siblings: Angeline McPhail (1876 - 1880)* Sarah E. McPhail (1878 - 1880)* Amanda Jane McPhail Dyess (1880 - 1946)* Loutisha McPhail Dyess (1881 - 1963)* William W McPhail (1885 - 1969)* Carrie Virginia McPhail Dyess (1886 - 1970) Maude Rosetta McPhail Dyess (1890 - 1919)* John Willis McPhail (1891 - 1893)* Wilburn S. McPhail (1893 - 1917)* Luther Frederick McPhail (1895 - 1960)* Hoy L McPhail (1898 - 1971)*
Burial: Greens Creek Cemetery Jefferson Davis County Mississippi, USA
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