COLUMBUS — Leslie Waits Dees, 58, died Sept. 4, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. 

Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Monday, at Stateline Baptist Church, with Robert Billis officiating. Burial will follow at Bluff Springs Cemetery in Preston. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of arrangements.