James Grady "Bub" Wyly Jr. - Madison Parish, Louisiana 
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James Grady "Bub" Wyly Jr. - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Post February 21, 2001

TALLULAH - James Grady "Bub" Wyly Jr. died Monday, Feb. 19, 2001, at St. Francis Hospital 
in Monroe. He was 88.

Mr. Wyly was born in Lake Providence and had lived in Tallulah for the past 52 years. He 
owned Neely Plantation and was a retired planter. He was former president of the Madison 
Parish School Board, a member of Louisiana Cotton Association and the Louisiana Soybean 
Association. He was former director of Mississippi Royalties Corporation of Amory and 
Morgana Plantation. He was a volunteer in the Madison Little League Association and a 
member of First United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Browning Wyly; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
James Grady Wyly Sr.; and two sisters, Martha Wyly Brown and Annie Ethel Wyly.

He is survived by a daughter, Myrtis Wyly of New Orleans; two sons, Fred Browning Wyly of 
Tallulah and James Grady Wyly of Bay St. Louis; two brothers, William Norris Wyly and 
Captan Jack Wyly, both of Lake Providence; and three grandchildren.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. 
Robert Hayes officiating.

Memorials may be made to a favorite charity.