Too ‘Frail’ for Confederate Ranks, Non-Combatant, Nearly 101, Dies William M. Bess, rejected as too frail to serve in the Confederate Army in 1861, died Saturday morning just twenty days short of his 101st birthday. He remained in vigor and … Continue reading →
Born Dec. 13, 1892, Mr. Tom B. Bess, 93, died Sunday at 5:30 p.m. in River Park Hospital. The Route 6 resident was a retired blacksmith, a farmer, and a member of the Church of Christ. Mr. Bess was a … Continue reading →
Rock Island resident Robert Ferman Bess died of a lingering illness Friday at Warren Regional Hospital. He was 72 years of age. A native of Dekalb County, he was the son of the late John and Martha Hale Bess and … Continue reading →
Mrs. Ida Bess, Former Resident, Dies In Arizona News of the death in Phoenix, Ariz., of Mrs. Ida Bess, former Warren countian, was received here last week by her sister-in-law, Mrs. E.J. Morton of Tarlton. Mrs. Bess died in a … Continue reading →
Byron, Bess, 81, Farmer, Political Leader, Passes Byron Bess, 81, retired farmer and veteran Warren county political leader, died at his home in the 11th district, near Centertown. Services were Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the Oak Grove Baptist … Continue reading →
Bobbie Kelley Bess, 94 Rock Island resident and Warren County native Bobbie Kelley Bess, 94, died Aug. 24 at NHC Healthcare after an extended illness. A homemaker and farmer, she was the daughter of Bedford Forest and Clara Bluhm Kelley, … Continue reading →
Retired Teacher Is Victim Of Suicide; Rites Set Saturday Elzie A. J. Barnes, retired public school teacher and resident of the Smartt Station community, died instantly about noon Wednesday as a result of a shotgun blast, apparently self-inflicted. The fatal … Continue reading →