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Facts about the city
Dyess is a town in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The town was founded as Dyess Colony in 1934 as part of the Roosevelt administration's agricultural relief and rehabilitation program and was the largest agrarian community established by the federal government during the Great Depression. The town is best remembered as the boyhood home of country singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. The surviving original buildings of the colony period are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the \"Dyess Colony Center.\"
Dyess Obituaries
It was reported by Register Guard on January 12th, 2021 that Bonnie Mae Russell (Henson) passed away in Eugene, Oregon. Ms. Russell was 79 years old and was born in Dyess, AR. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Bonnie Mae's life.
It was reported by Napa Valley Register on December 22nd, 2020 that Karen Olivia Connell (Masingill) passed on in Napa, California. Ms. Connell was 74 years old and was born in Dyess, AR. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Karen Olivia's life.
It was reported by The Commercial Appeal on April 14th, 2019 that Olan Eugene Swaffar passed away in Memphis, Tennessee. Swaffar was 80 years old and was born in Dyess, AR. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Olan Eugene's life.
It was noted by The Commercial Appeal on April 2nd, 2019 that Janet Radford (Bradford) passed away in Cordova, Tennessee. Ms. Radford was 69 years old and was born in Dyess, AR. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Janet's life.
It was written by The Commercial Appeal on March 5th, 2019 that James Jackson Humphries died in Memphis, Tennessee. Humphries was 83 years old and was born in Dyess, AR. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor James Jackson's life.
It was revealed by Bluefield Daily Telegraph on August 18th, 2018 that Mavis Gilbert (Baird) perished in Princeton, West Virginia. Ms. Gilbert was 76 years old and was born in Dyess, AR. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Mavis's life.
It was revealed on July 24th, 2018 that Gerald Wayne Smith passed away in Hernando, Mississippi. Smith was 77 years old and was born in Dyess, AR. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Gerald Wayne's life.
It was written by The Commercial Appeal on February 6th, 2018 that Madison Dean McVay died in Memphis, Tennessee. McVay was 80 years old and was born in Dyess, AR. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Madison Dean's life.
It was disclosed on December 6th, 2017 that Kenneth Norwood Jr Cook died in Horn Lake, Mississippi. Cook was 74 years old and was born in Dyess, AR. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Kenneth Norwood Jr's life.
History
The population was 515 according to the 2000 United States Census census. Johnny Cash's biography "Man in Black" describes Dyess as a planned community built as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal program, with streets laid out in a wheel pattern. Dyess, who was the first Works Progress Administrator in the state of Arkansas. According to Dyess History, the town, which is actually a colony, was originally built as an Agricultural Cooperative Project. Dyess is a town in Mississippi County, Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States.
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