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Samuel Elbert "Sam" Dye
1 Feb 1877 – 13 Jul 1960
| Birth | 1 Feb 1877 |
| Death | 13 Jul 1960 |
| Cemetery | Lee Memorial Park Verona , Lee County , Mississippi , USA |
| Added by | Eddie Wood on 01 Feb 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63054624 |
Bio
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal: Sam Dye Service will be held today at Tupelo Tupelo, Miss., July 13 - Services for Sam Dye, retired farmer and blacksmith who died Wednesday morning in the North Mississippi Community Hospital here after a short illness, will be held at 3 Thursday afternoon at W. E. Pegues Funeral Home with the Rev. Garland Knott and the Rev. Leo Bailey officiating. Burial will be in the Memorial Cemetery at Verona. Mr. Dye was a lifelong resident of Lee County and had lived 33 years as a resident of Verona. While living there, he served a number of terms as Alderman. He was a member of the Verona Methodist Church. He was 83. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Hodges Dye; four daughters, Mrs. L.D. Hale of West Point, Mrs. Gerald Long of Detroit, Mrs. Clifford West of Verona; two sons, Eddie Dye of Memphis and Sammy Dye of Verona; four sisters, Mrs. Preston Cardwell of Jackson, Miss., Mrs. Will Godfrey of the Brewer community, Mrs. C.H. Lawhon of Shannon, Mrs. Clyde Bickerstaff of Tupelo; four brothers, Will Dye of Verona, Tom Dye of Dallas, Texas, Henry Dye of Tupelo, and Shelby Dye of the Brewer community; 13 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
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Siblings
- Will O. Dye 1875–1968
- Dora Dye Caldwell 1879–1975
- Addie Bell Dye Godfrey 1883–1964
- Lena Jane Dye Lawhon 1889–1983
- Josie D. Bickerstaff 1890–1976
- Henry G. Dye 1892–1975
- Thomas Bynum "Tom" Dye 1895–1978
- Shelby Clarence Dye 1898–1989
Children
- Mary Lavelle Dye Long 1904–1967 FaG
- Cecile Virginia Dye West 1906–2006 FaG
- Vera Dye Hale 1909–2004 FaG
- Edgar Hodges "Eddie" Dye 1914–1989 FaG
- Doris Nell Dye Wood 1919–2007 FaG
- Samuel Elbert "Sammie" Dye Jr 1923–1998 FaG
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