W.J. "J Boy" Dyess

Mr. Dyess was preceded in death by a son, Tommy Bezzard; parents, Wilburn and Ruthie Pearl Dyess; sisters, Carrie Morris, Ernestine Daughdrill, and Clara Bradford; and brother, George Dyess. Survivors include his wife, Betty Dyess; four daughters, Vivian Collins, Lueazer Webb, Michelle Broom, and Liz Williams; a son, Jerry Bezzard; sister, Doris McRaney; two brothers, Buck Dyess, and Marshall Dyess; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be Friday, August 31, 2018 from 5:00pm until 9:00pm at Colonial Funeral Home in Columbia. The funeral service will be Saturday, September 1, 2018 at 2:00pm at the funeral home chapel. Reverend Tommy Broom will officiate at the service and interment will follow at Old Green’s Creek Cemetery in Carson, MS. Pallbearers will be R.J. Collins, Zeke Webb, Duck Bryant, Casey Norris, Justin Dyess, Marshall Dyess, Jr., and honorary pallbearer, Hunter Williams.