Obituaries:  Josephine Elizabeth Dees, Sabine Parish       D-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 29, 2003
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Josephine Elizabeth Dees (Photo)

  Josephine Elizabeth Dees, 106, of Many, died at Many Health Care
North on Saturday, Jan. 25.

  Funeral services were held on Monday, Jan. 27, at 10 a.m., at
Fort Jesup First Baptist Church. The Revs. Arthur Haymon, H. H.
Tibbits, and Glenn Flenniken officiated. Burial followed at the
Fort Jesup Cemetery, under the direction of the Warren Meadows
Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Wayne Colston, Luke Pearson, Tommy
Bush, Mark Jordan, Danny Warren, and Todd Rowe.

  Born in Sabine Parish on August 2, 1896, she was the daughter of
Mollie Oxley Tynes and Hicks Tynes.

  Survivors include her daughters, Audrey Colston of Many, and Mae
Belle Jordan of Shreveport; one son, James Dees of Natchitoches;
two sisters, Vera Honeycutt, and Velma Sims, both of Vowels
Mills; 11 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren and
great-great grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, and
friends.

  She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Dees; one
daughter, Ollie Marshall; and one son, Curtis Dees.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.