BESS, Robert Freeman – (d. 1990)
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 the husband of Eva Pearl Byars Bess, who survives. Mr. Bess was a retired supervisor at Rockford and a member of the Baptist Church. In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son, Robert Bess, Jr. of Rock…