NAME: Mrs. Bessie L. Smith AGE:   91

RESIDENCE:   Queen City, TX

DIED (Day/Date):     Wednesday, July 12, 2017

PLACE:    Her residence

BACKGROUND

BIRTHDATE:     May 2, 1926                                  BIRTHPLACE:     West Texas

OCCUPATION:    Housewife

CHURCH AFFILIATION:     Springdale COGIC

SURVIVORS

1 DAUGHTER:   Martha Diane Gray of Queen City, TX

4 SONS:    Narvis C. Gipson and Roosevelt Gipson of Queen City, TX; Elmon Gipson and James Smith of Texarkana, TX

1 SISTER:   Lue Tensie Butts of Texarkana, TX

31 GRANDCHILDREN

66 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN

SERVICE:

TIME/DAY:    Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 12 Noon

PLACE:   Grandview COGIC – 1501 Grand Ave – Texarkana, AR

OFFICIATING:    Elder Thomas Turner

ELOGIST:  Supt. McCoy Murphy

VISITATION:    Friday, July 21, 2017 from 1:00 – 3:00 P.M. at the mortuary

BURIAL:    Chapelwood Memorial Gardens – Wake Village