Delois James Dees

Sister Delois James Dees was born in Beaumont Texas on January 2nd 1947 to the proud parents of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur and Alta Mae James, where they would name their little girl Presentation James >a name they had chosen from her Hispanic heritage on her mother's side. It was only five short years before Dickie Lee James one of sister Delois' older brothers of 13 Brothers would find a more fitting name to her loving and nurturing character so at 5 years old Little Miss Presentation James became Miss Delois James. Sister Delois alongside her family found their way to Houston Texas where she would start grade school and continue to her high school and graduated from Worthing Senior High School. Sister Delois would go on to marry her childhood and high school sweetheart Sidney Harris Dees at the early age of 19. With Sidney in the military sister Delois would find herself relocated to Southern California. The newly wedded couple had been married 11 years when they proudly became the parents to their daughter Cheryl Lennise Dees, sister Delois took pride in parenting and loved every minute of it. Many years later after the separation of her marriage it would be the works of God who would give sister Delois not just one or even two but three more chances at the job she felt she was born to do and it all seemed to have happened in a blink of an eye. She took a leap out on faith had became the proud mother to Latoya William and Quinton Dees. Sister Delois Stayed searching for the truth and stayed finding ways to strengthen her faith that she would find herself taking her studies of Christianity after her childhood studies of catechism to a interest in baptism when she finally found the truth she had been searching for with the Jehovah's witnesses now with four adult children six grandchildren an extensive immediate and extended family on March 14th Delois laid to rest a little after 8:00 p.m. due to heart failure that stemed from multiple strokes sister Dees today leaves Behind four wonderful children which is as follows, two girls (Cheryl Lennise Dees and Latoya Renee Dees -Patterson), two sons and one son-in-law (William Deshon Dees and Quinton Kahli Dees & Shann Patterson), six grandchildren Airron DePrese Willis, Jhelon Ethan Dees- Brown, Sevaeh Renee Broadway, Sidney- McKenzie Delois Dees, Johnny Ellis Dees and Londyn Sanah Patterson), and last but never least with the resting of Sister Dees now out of 19 children she also leaves Behind one last sister of 6 girls and 13 Brothers (Paulette James) and much more family too many to name. Multiple friends and their families, and a legacy we shall all carry on.