Dennis Ryals died Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at Shady Lawn Nursing Home. He was 59.

Mr. Ryals was a member and deacon at Springhill M.B. Church in Port Gibson.

He was preceded in death by his father, Willie Ryals; two brothers, Walter Ryals and Willie Ryals Jr.; and one stepdaughter, Anitra N. Gibson.

He is survived by his wife, Loretta Goldsberry Ryals of Vicksburg; his mother, Sylvia Ryals of Hermanville; one daughter, Ashley Hulbert of Hermanville; a stepson, Eugene Tyree Gibson of Hermanville; three brothers, Nathaniel Ryals and Clyde Ryals, both of Los Angeles, and Alton Ryals of Port Gibson; four sisters, Catherine Crystian and Ernestine Odoms, both of Hermanville, Ethel Johnson of Port Gibson and Margaret Phillips of Northwalk, Calif.; three grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Springhill M.B. Church with the Rev. Johnnie Hughes officiating, assisted by the Rev. Joseph Brown. Burial will follow at Hermanville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 until 6 today at Thompson Funeral Home in Port Gibson and Saturday at the church from 10 a.m. until the service.