This is the fourth installment of a series during Women’s History Month on local women who have served in the Arkansas Legislature. Most of the information in this story is from the newly published University of Arkansas Press Book by Lindsley and Stephen Smith, “Stateswomen: A Centennial History of Arkansas Women Legislators, 1922-2022.” Some of…
Carl Dees, 87, of Hermitage, AR went to his heavenly home on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Born in Longview, Texas, November 29, 1934, he was the youngest son of Thomas Wilson Dees and Audrey Mae Allen Dees. The Oil & Gas Industry brought his family to Bradley County, AR when he was a very young…
Carl Dees, 87, of Hermitage, AR went to his heavenly home on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Born in Longview, Texas, November 29, 1934, he was the youngest son of Thomas Wilson Dees and Audrey Mae Allen Dees. The Oil & Gas Industry brought his family to Bradley County, AR when he was a very young…
Jimmie Johnson Dees Batie age 92, of Ingalls, AR died Sunday, February 6, 2022 at the Drew Memorial in Monticello, AR. She was born December 22, 1929 in Ingalls, AR. She was a member of Hermitage Methodist Church, a house wife and farmer. Also preceding her in death were her husbands, Milford Dees and R.…
Elsie Elaine Calloway Dees age 83, of Hermitage, AR passed Saturday, August 14 at Life Touch Hospice in El Dorado, AR. She was born January 8, 1938 in Shreveport, LA a daughter of the late Joe Lee and Naughvelle Futch Calloway. She was a homemaker, a registered nurse, and the chief financial officer of Dees…
