Lee “Sugar Mann” Dee Jr.

Published 10:27 am Thursday, November 19, 2015

LORMAN — Lee “Sugar Mann” Dee Jr. died Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, at his home. He was 75.

Mr. Dee was a member and deacon of St. Mark M.B. Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence Dee and Mary Lou Davis; three sisters, Louise Williams, Martha Davis and Mary Howard; and a brother George Dee III.

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Survivors include his wife, Lillie Dee of Lorman; four daughters, Etta Browning of Little Rock, Arkansas, Inez Coleman of Fayette, Brenda Grimes of Vicksburg and Debra Lee of Lorman; one brother, Sammie Davis Jr. of Kankakee, Illinois; three sisters, Ruby Patterson of Port Gibson and Lucinda Dee and Lillie Hollis, both of Kankakee, Illinois; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, at Rose Hill Christian Church in Lorman, with the Rev. Roosevelt Harried officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery under the direction of Thompson Funeral Home of Port Gibson.

Visitation will be Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the funeral home, and Saturday at the church from 10 a.m. until the service.