Mrs. Bess was born October 9, 1910, in Granger, Texas. She married Guy Bess on August 9, 1935, in Walters, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death in July of 1994. She was a homemaker and a member of the Corum Baptist Church.
Survivors include: a daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and George Talley, of Newcastle, Oklahoma; two brothers, James and Weldon Brooks, both of Duncan, Oklahoma; two sisters, Frances Williams of Dallas, Texas, and Helen Cole of Wolfforth, Texas; a sister-in-law, Edna Vanzant of Comanche, Oklahoma; two grandchildren and their spouses, Dennis and Gaye Lynn Talley of Newcastle and Russell and Christine Talley of Lausanne, Switzerland; four great-grandchildren, Mark, Eileen, Rachel and Jessica Talley; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Pallbearers will be her nephews.
Funeral services were at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, July 25, 2001 in the Corum Baptist Church with Bruce Humphries officiating. Burial was in the Blanchard Cemetery under the direction of Dudley Funeral Home of Comanche. Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Medical Research Center.
Mrs. Bess was born October 9, 1910, in Granger, Texas. She married Guy Bess on August 9, 1935, in Walters, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death in July of 1994. She was a homemaker and a member of the Corum Baptist Church.
Survivors include: a daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and George Talley, of Newcastle, Oklahoma; two brothers, James and Weldon Brooks, both of Duncan, Oklahoma; two sisters, Frances Williams of Dallas, Texas, and Helen Cole of Wolfforth, Texas; a sister-in-law, Edna Vanzant of Comanche, Oklahoma; two grandchildren and their spouses, Dennis and Gaye Lynn Talley of Newcastle and Russell and Christine Talley of Lausanne, Switzerland; four great-grandchildren, Mark, Eileen, Rachel and Jessica Talley; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Pallbearers will be her nephews.
Funeral services were at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, July 25, 2001 in the Corum Baptist Church with Bruce Humphries officiating. Burial was in the Blanchard Cemetery under the direction of Dudley Funeral Home of Comanche. Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Medical Research Center.
Family Members
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Willie Erma Brooks Richardson
1906–1975
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Nolan Everett Brooks
1908–1997
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Bernie Ross Brooks
1912–1997
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Margaret Estelle Brooks Jones
1914–2000
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Kathryn Rebecca Brooks Burk
1916–2001
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Frances Alta Brooks Williams
1918–2008
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Helen Brooks Cole
1920–2005
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Weldon Alfred Brooks
1922–2001
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James Lennis Brooks Sr
1924–2009
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