1930
Jack
2024
Jack Belt Dees
November 6, 1930 — February 29, 2024
COLLINS: Jack Belt Dees, 93, passed away on February 29, 2024.
He was a native of Collins, Georgia where he has lived the majority of his life.
He started out working with his father as a young man, then began a career in mechanics working at auto dealerships. He later worked for Georgia State Highway Department for nearly fourteen years. Jack then decided to take up mechanics once again to own and operate his own lawnmower mechanics shop.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Arnold Vance and Lottie Jane Dees; brothers, Larry James Dees and Robert Dees; sisters, Sybil Barnard and Dean Boyette.
SURVIVORS: daughter, Mary Louise Smith of Lyons, Ga.; brother, Reginald (Mildred) Dees of Port Wentworth, Ga.; granddaughter, Elizabeth (Wes) Edenfield; great-grandchildren, Kyra Reynolds, and Christian Barber, who is currently in Germany serving in the United States Airforce; best friends, Larry and Teresa Tomlinson of Collins, Ga.; several nieces and nephews.
VISITATION: Monday, March 4, 2024, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 1:00 p.m. Graveside at Anderson Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
BURIAL: Anderson Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
“Our Family Serving Your Family”
Since 1917
(912) 739-3338
www.nesmithfuneralhome.com
He was a native of Collins, Georgia where he has lived the majority of his life.
He started out working with his father as a young man, then began a career in mechanics working at auto dealerships. He later worked for Georgia State Highway Department for nearly fourteen years. Jack then decided to take up mechanics once again to own and operate his own lawnmower mechanics shop.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Arnold Vance and Lottie Jane Dees; brothers, Larry James Dees and Robert Dees; sisters, Sybil Barnard and Dean Boyette.
SURVIVORS: daughter, Mary Louise Smith of Lyons, Ga.; brother, Reginald (Mildred) Dees of Port Wentworth, Ga.; granddaughter, Elizabeth (Wes) Edenfield; great-grandchildren, Kyra Reynolds, and Christian Barber, who is currently in Germany serving in the United States Airforce; best friends, Larry and Teresa Tomlinson of Collins, Ga.; several nieces and nephews.
VISITATION: Monday, March 4, 2024, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 1:00 p.m. Graveside at Anderson Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
BURIAL: Anderson Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
“Our Family Serving Your Family”
Since 1917
(912) 739-3338
www.nesmithfuneralhome.com
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