Obituaries:  James J. Dees, Sabine Parish       D-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 10, 1979
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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James J. Dees

  James J. Dees, 95, of Shreveport, died Thursday morning, May 3,
in Midway Manor Nursing Home, after a long illness.

  Mr. Dees was born in Pineapple, Ala., and had been a resident of
Shreveport for 55 years., He was a retired cabinet maker, and a
member of the Oakmont Church of God.

  Services were held on Saturday, May 5, at 10 a.m., in Wellman
Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. W. D. "Billy" Franks, pastor
of Oakmont Church of God, officiating. Burial was in Jerusalem
Cemetery in Many, under the direction of Wellman's Funeral Home.

  Survivors include three sons, Julian Dees of Houston, Texas, and
George Dees, and Leonard Dees, both of Shreveport; three
daughters, Lydia Brumlow of Alexandria, Edna Schumaker of Monroe,
and Dorothy Cooper of Pattison, Miss.; two brothers, Bernard Dees
of Vivian, and Ruben Dees of Smackover, Ark.; three sisters,
Lizzie Lewing, and Pearl Hilderbrand, both of Many, and Lonnie
Leggett of Smackover, Ark.; 16 grandchildren, 22 great
grandchildren, and eight great-great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Cecil Dees, Carl Dees, Cecil Dees Jr., Phillip
Dees., Paul Dees, and James Dees.