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In 2006, Dyess received the "Friends of [[Jimmie Davis]] Award" from the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield, named for the [[gospel]] [[singer]] who served as governor from 1944 to 1948 and again from 1960 to 1964.
Dyess died at Naomi Heights Nursing Home in Alexandria. Services were held on February 20, 2013, at Parkview Baptist Church in Alexandria, with seven ministers officiating. He was a member of the Humble Baptist Church in PItkin in Rapides Parish. Interment followed beside his wife, Ava, at Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery in the Gardner community.<ref name=bgdobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=b-g-dyess&pid=163161571&fhid=11989|title=B. G. Dyess obituary|publisher=''The [[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|accessdate=August 23, 2019}}</ref><ref name=kalb>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221071126/http://www.kalb.com/story/21235854/obit-b-g-dyess|title=B. G. Dyess: Obit|publisher=KALB.com|date=February 21, 2013}}</ref>
Upon his death, Dyess was lauded by Richard Billings, a member of the Rapides Parish Police Jury, accordingly: "I believe B. G. Dyess brought more morality, honesty, and integrity to the capitol of the State of Louisiana than there ever has been."<ref name=adtt/>
