WW II Veteran
US Army
Tec 4
Funeral services for Andrew C. Bess, 73, of Weimar were held Sunday afternoon, March 23, from Greater Macedonia Baptist Church, with burial in Good Hope Cemetery. Rev. M. L. Williams officiated.
Mr. Bess died March 18, at Youens Memorial Hospital.
Born Sept. 8, 11908, at Pledger, Texas, he was a son of Rev. and Mrs. D. R. Bess. He lived in Los Angeles, Wharton and San Antonio before joining the regular army in 1942. He was a surgical technician in the dispensary and in the field with Headquarters Detachment, 379th battalion, through North Africa, Italy, France and Germany, and was discharged in 1945 as a technical sergeant.
For several years he worked for Brasher Motor Co. here before retiring as a disabled veteran. Active in various civic affairs of his community, he was a member of American Legion Post 849, the AFAM Lodge, the Law Enforcement Officers Training School, Harris County Sheriff's Academy and the Texas Gulf Coast Crime Prevention Association.
He married Mrs. Mabel Baity on Dec. 7, 1942. She survives, along with a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Henry of Weimar; seven grandchildren; three sisters, Elnora Dixon of Galveston, Mrs. Ida M. Williams of San Francisco and Mrs. Jessie M. Runnels of Wharton; a brother, Eunice Bess of Wharton and a number of nephews and nieces.
Pallbearers were Larry D. Henry, Roy L. Henry, Wilbert Johnson Jr., James A. Henry, Rodney Whitmore and Wiley J. Carter. Honorary pallbearers were members of American Legion Post 849.
US Army
Tec 4
Funeral services for Andrew C. Bess, 73, of Weimar were held Sunday afternoon, March 23, from Greater Macedonia Baptist Church, with burial in Good Hope Cemetery. Rev. M. L. Williams officiated.
Mr. Bess died March 18, at Youens Memorial Hospital.
Born Sept. 8, 11908, at Pledger, Texas, he was a son of Rev. and Mrs. D. R. Bess. He lived in Los Angeles, Wharton and San Antonio before joining the regular army in 1942. He was a surgical technician in the dispensary and in the field with Headquarters Detachment, 379th battalion, through North Africa, Italy, France and Germany, and was discharged in 1945 as a technical sergeant.
For several years he worked for Brasher Motor Co. here before retiring as a disabled veteran. Active in various civic affairs of his community, he was a member of American Legion Post 849, the AFAM Lodge, the Law Enforcement Officers Training School, Harris County Sheriff's Academy and the Texas Gulf Coast Crime Prevention Association.
He married Mrs. Mabel Baity on Dec. 7, 1942. She survives, along with a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Henry of Weimar; seven grandchildren; three sisters, Elnora Dixon of Galveston, Mrs. Ida M. Williams of San Francisco and Mrs. Jessie M. Runnels of Wharton; a brother, Eunice Bess of Wharton and a number of nephews and nieces.
Pallbearers were Larry D. Henry, Roy L. Henry, Wilbert Johnson Jr., James A. Henry, Rodney Whitmore and Wiley J. Carter. Honorary pallbearers were members of American Legion Post 849.
WW II Veteran
US Army
Tec 4
Funeral services for Andrew C. Bess, 73, of Weimar were held Sunday afternoon, March 23, from Greater Macedonia Baptist Church, with burial in Good Hope Cemetery. Rev. M. L. Williams officiated.
Mr. Bess died March 18, at Youens Memorial Hospital.
Born Sept. 8, 11908, at Pledger, Texas, he was a son of Rev. and Mrs. D. R. Bess. He lived in Los Angeles, Wharton and San Antonio before joining the regular army in 1942. He was a surgical technician in the dispensary and in the field with Headquarters Detachment, 379th battalion, through North Africa, Italy, France and Germany, and was discharged in 1945 as a technical sergeant.
For several years he worked for Brasher Motor Co. here before retiring as a disabled veteran. Active in various civic affairs of his community, he was a member of American Legion Post 849, the AFAM Lodge, the Law Enforcement Officers Training School, Harris County Sheriff's Academy and the Texas Gulf Coast Crime Prevention Association.
He married Mrs. Mabel Baity on Dec. 7, 1942. She survives, along with a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Henry of Weimar; seven grandchildren; three sisters, Elnora Dixon of Galveston, Mrs. Ida M. Williams of San Francisco and Mrs. Jessie M. Runnels of Wharton; a brother, Eunice Bess of Wharton and a number of nephews and nieces.
Pallbearers were Larry D. Henry, Roy L. Henry, Wilbert Johnson Jr., James A. Henry, Rodney Whitmore and Wiley J. Carter. Honorary pallbearers were members of American Legion Post 849.
US Army
Tec 4
Funeral services for Andrew C. Bess, 73, of Weimar were held Sunday afternoon, March 23, from Greater Macedonia Baptist Church, with burial in Good Hope Cemetery. Rev. M. L. Williams officiated.
Mr. Bess died March 18, at Youens Memorial Hospital.
Born Sept. 8, 11908, at Pledger, Texas, he was a son of Rev. and Mrs. D. R. Bess. He lived in Los Angeles, Wharton and San Antonio before joining the regular army in 1942. He was a surgical technician in the dispensary and in the field with Headquarters Detachment, 379th battalion, through North Africa, Italy, France and Germany, and was discharged in 1945 as a technical sergeant.
For several years he worked for Brasher Motor Co. here before retiring as a disabled veteran. Active in various civic affairs of his community, he was a member of American Legion Post 849, the AFAM Lodge, the Law Enforcement Officers Training School, Harris County Sheriff's Academy and the Texas Gulf Coast Crime Prevention Association.
He married Mrs. Mabel Baity on Dec. 7, 1942. She survives, along with a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Henry of Weimar; seven grandchildren; three sisters, Elnora Dixon of Galveston, Mrs. Ida M. Williams of San Francisco and Mrs. Jessie M. Runnels of Wharton; a brother, Eunice Bess of Wharton and a number of nephews and nieces.
Pallbearers were Larry D. Henry, Roy L. Henry, Wilbert Johnson Jr., James A. Henry, Rodney Whitmore and Wiley J. Carter. Honorary pallbearers were members of American Legion Post 849.
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