Dee, Rex George

DEE, KERLEY, MCCLENDON, MITCHELL, NORMAN, SHLY

Posted By: Ruth Maring - Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/19/2007 at 14:52:39

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Rex George Dee, of Oklahoma City, formerly of Pauls Valley, was born September 21, 1928, in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, to Rex Freeman Dee Sr. and Buena Vista (Kerley) Dee.He passed away December 8, 2007, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 79 years.He served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of the Korean War.Rex was a salesman and worked for publishing companies. In 2002, he and Louise McClendon were married in Nashville, Tennessee. He has lived in California, New Orleans, Nashville, but most of his life his home has been in Clinton, Iowa, and in Oklahoma City. Due to his health he recently entered the Veterans Care Facility in Clinton, Oklahoma.He was preceded in death by his mother and father, and a sister, Marie Dee.Surviving family include his children, Rex F. Dee Jr. and his wife, Sarah, of Memphis, Tennessee, Loretta Y. and her husband, Leonard Mitchell, of Fulton, Illinois, and their mother, Herta Dee of Thousand Oaks, California, and Carleem Norman of Dallas, Texas, and her mother, Juanita Norman; one sister, Mary Lou Shly of Los Angeles, California; 8 grandchildren, 2 grandchildren.Funeral services were held Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. at Stufflebean Chapel of Remembrance officiated by Dr. Joe Elam. A private interment was at Mt. Olivet Cemetery under the direction of Stufflebean-Coffey Funeral Home. Notes of remembrance and/or condolences may be sent to the family at www.stufflebeanfuneralhome.com.Death date: Dec. 8, 2007
Published in the Clinton Herald on 12/19/2007