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 health until the last and was ill but six days. He had lived for the last thirty-five years at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C.M. Lorhum, near Joelton. Funeral services were conducted for him this afternoon at the Oakland…
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 son of Allison and Josie Boyd Bess. Surviving is the widow, Mrs. Hallie Panter Bess, and a son Eugene Bess both of Rt. 6, McMinnville. Also surviving are two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The funeral services is scheduled Wednesday in…
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…
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 Phoenix hospital October 26 after a week’s illness. She was 70. Mrs. Bess, widow of Jack Bess, resided with her family near Irving College and at Mt. Zion in this county before moving to Arizona 20 years ago. Her husband…
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 Church. Rev. W.J. Thompson, Baptist minister, officiated and burial was in the Oak Grove cemetery. Mr. Bess native of Warren county, was born near Irving College October 7, 1870. He was a son of I.P. Bess and Balzora Dearing Bess…
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, and was preceded in death by her husband, John Bryan Bess in 1971. She is survived by one sister, Mary Ann Bugbee of Tullahoma; one half brother, Billy Kelley of Clarksville; several nieces and nephews. Services were held Tuesday at…
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 accident occurred at a barn near Mr. Barnes’ residence and was termed by Coroner Elvin Spangler, who investigated, as suicide. He set the time of death at 11:30 a.m. In ill health for sometime, Mr. Barnes took his life by…