Gee, Mrs. Sadye Dupree 88, was born October 13, l92l in Dallas, Texas to the parentage of Alfred William Dupree, Sr. and Sadye Watson Dupree. Both parents and both brothers, Alfred William Dupree, Jr. and Judge Henry Dupree, III preceded her in death. She was reared in a Christian home and was christened at an early age in the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (located on Leonard Street in Old North Dallas). She became a kindergarten dropout and enrolled in the B. F. Darrell Elementary Public School. She completed her high school work at the Booker T. Washington High School (only high school for Black Americans in the entire Dallas Metroplex at that time). Mrs. Gee attended Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College of Texas. In 1942, the United States was at war with Japan. She answered the call to duty for her country and was sent to Washington, D. C. where she spent some time working in the Signal Corp at the Pentagon as a senior clerk typist until her father's illness caused her to return to Texas. She returned to Prairie View College and graduated. Upon graduation, she united in Holy Matrimony with her campus "ole pardner" Cleophus C. Gee who spent the rest of his life for fifty-five years and passed away October 27, 1999 twelve days before their 56th anniversary. To this union one child was born Cleoletta Gee. Among the many blessing and joys of life, was when they became grandparents. Their grandson, Clayton Claridy was the son that they always wanted and never had. He was the blessed gift from GOD. Later, she was blessed with a great granddaughter, Claudia Claridy. Mrs. Gee served as a dedicated educator for 38 yean and retired from the K. B. Polk Elementary Magnet School in the Dallas Independent School District. After retirement from DISD, Dr. Harry Robinson Founder and Director of the prestigious African American Museum invited Mrs. Gee to serve as guest curator to work on the "Black Presence of Dallas" 1936 - 1986 program. This was an exciting opportunity to publish unsung heroes of Dallas. Shortly after becoming a resident of the Hamilton Park Community in 1957, she and her family united with the Hamilton Park United Methodist Church and became a devoted member, and most important, she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. She was a Charter member of Jack and Jill, an inactive, member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, devoted member of the Maria Morgan Branch Y.W.C.A. She joined the National AARP and organized the Hamilton Park Chapter #4264 - served as first president; was appointed Assistant State Director of Texas, was a member of the Hamilton Park Civic League and dubbed Community Historian, member of the Inter-Organizational Council, was a member of the Seniors of the Willie B. Johnson Recreation Senior Advisory Council. She is survived by her daughter, Cleoletta Gee Spann (Dallas); grandson, Clayton Claridy (Dallas); great granddaughter, Claudia Claridy (Dallas); nephew, Alfred W. Dupree, Jr., and wife, Ann (Dallas); grand nephew, Trevor Dupree (Dallas); sister-in-law, Myrtle Dupree (Dallas), nieces, Dianna Dupree Bryson and husband, Randy Bryson (Waco), Deralynn Dupree (Dallas); special cousins, Lewis Rhone and Willene Rhone Watson (Dallas); a host of, relatives and friends. Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, December 17 at 11 am at Hamilton Park UMC - 11881 Schroeder Rd. - Dallas, TX 75243. To share tributes www.goldengatefuneralhome.com