Remembering the life, death and legacy of Purple Heart recipient Ray Dyer
Ray C. Dyer, age 89, died Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at his residence. He was a member of Longview Baptist Church, where he was an inactive deacon. He served his county during WWII in the Army, where he was a Prisoner Of War for 21 days, and was awarded a Purple Heart Medal. After the Army, he worked as a deck hand for the Memphis Riverboat Barge Company and for several years at Daybrite in Tupelo. He was a member of the Pontotoc American Legion Post #16, the V.F.W., D.A.V., and he was a...
