Paul A. Dees, son of the late Rev. Phillip Arthur and Josie Gertrude Myers Dees, was born in Perkins, Missouri on July 6, 1937, and passed away at the Heritage Gardens of Senath Nursing Home in Senath on June 27, 2012, at the age of 74.

He had lived all his life in Dexter. He was a member of the Gospel Assembly of God Church and the Bloomfield Masonic Lodge.

Surviving are three sons and spouses, Brad and Samantha Dees, Corey Dees all of Dexter, Kenneth and Donna Dees of Eldorado, Illinois; six grandchildren, Jamie Dees, Alicia Dees, Tayla Dees, Logan Dees, Clair Comfort and Wyatt Comfort; one sister and spouse, Virginia and Billy Summers of Dexter. Other family and friends also survive. 

He was preceded in death by one son, Steven Dees, one brother, Tommy Dees, and two sisters, Eunice Busby and Ruth Ann Scott.

Visitation will be held on Monday, July 2, 2012, after 9:30 a.m. at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter.

Memorial Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 2, 2012, at the Watkins and Sons Chapel in Dexter, with the Rev. Josh Hester of Dudley and Marion Fields of Dexter, officiating.

Interment will follow at the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield with full Military Honors.

Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.