PATTISON — Kelly Dee Sr. died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, at River Region Medical Center. He was 78.

Mr. Dee was born in Jefferson County. He was retired from the Claiborne County Road Department.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Cammy Garrick and Artie Missy Dee.

Survivors include nine sons, the Rev. Leroy Dee of Vicksburg, Kelly Dee Jr., Eddie Lee Dee, Daniel Dee, Joseph Dee and Bobby Joe Dee, all of Pattison, Robert Earl Dee of Port Gibson, Jacob Dee of Phoenix, Ariz., and Willie Gibson of Jackson; three daughters, Jeanette Marie Dee and Kathy Kelly, both of Pattison, and Jewell Marie Dee of Philadelphia, Pa.; and grandchildren, great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Whitehall M.B. Church in Pattison with the Rev. Columbus Felton officiating. Burial will follow at Philadelphia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 until 7 p.m. Thursday at Rollins Funeral Home in Port Gibson.