Jatis P. Dees (’53), Santa Anna :: She met her husband Eddie J. Dees, Sr. (’54), to whom she was married for 65 years, when they both were studying music at UNT. She was an accomplished pianist, and they played many gigs together while in the band The Eddie Dees Comb, throughout the 1960s. She earned her master’s in education degree from Texas Woman’s University, taught special education students and worked as an educational diagnostician until she retired at 78. All three of her children, Layle, Eddie Jr. and Lynne (’75, ’80 M.F.A.) attended UNT.
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Jatis P. Dees (’53), Santa Anna :: She met her husband Eddie J. Dees, Sr. (’54), to whom she was married for 65 years, when they both were studying music at UNT. She was an accomplished pianist, and they played many gigs together while in the band The Eddie Dees Comb, throughout the 1960s. She earned her master’s in education degree from Texas Woman’s University, taught special education students and worked as an educational diagnostician until she retired at 78. All three of her children, Layle, Eddie Jr. and Lynne (’75, ’80 M.F.A.) attended UNT.
