Obituary from The Telegraph, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, Tuesday, June 22, 1982, page B-5:
Bessie P. Ealey, 76, a resident of Robings Manor Nursing Home in Brighton and formerly of Godfrey, died at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Anthony's Hospital.
Born in Decatur, daughter of the late Harrison and Wilhelmina (Abbott) Nesbit, she married Elmer Ealey who died in 1973.
Surviving are a son, James of San Diego, Calif.; five daughters, Ruth Griggs of Godfrey, Evelyn Segan of Gary, Ind., Rosemarie Campbell of Henderson, Nev., Shirley Wade of Excelsior Springs, Mo., and Carol Huff of Aurora, Colo.; 20 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; a brother, Royal Nesbit of Casselberry, Fla.; and three sisters, Orlene Sturgeon of Alton, Dorothy Gebhardt of Burbank and Nora Parkes of Hillsboro.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Gent Funeral Home, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. Silas Braxton officiating.
Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens.
Bessie P. Ealey, 76, a resident of Robings Manor Nursing Home in Brighton and formerly of Godfrey, died at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Anthony's Hospital.
Born in Decatur, daughter of the late Harrison and Wilhelmina (Abbott) Nesbit, she married Elmer Ealey who died in 1973.
Surviving are a son, James of San Diego, Calif.; five daughters, Ruth Griggs of Godfrey, Evelyn Segan of Gary, Ind., Rosemarie Campbell of Henderson, Nev., Shirley Wade of Excelsior Springs, Mo., and Carol Huff of Aurora, Colo.; 20 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; a brother, Royal Nesbit of Casselberry, Fla.; and three sisters, Orlene Sturgeon of Alton, Dorothy Gebhardt of Burbank and Nora Parkes of Hillsboro.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Gent Funeral Home, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. Silas Braxton officiating.
Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens.
Obituary from The Telegraph, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, Tuesday, June 22, 1982, page B-5:
Bessie P. Ealey, 76, a resident of Robings Manor Nursing Home in Brighton and formerly of Godfrey, died at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Anthony's Hospital.
Born in Decatur, daughter of the late Harrison and Wilhelmina (Abbott) Nesbit, she married Elmer Ealey who died in 1973.
Surviving are a son, James of San Diego, Calif.; five daughters, Ruth Griggs of Godfrey, Evelyn Segan of Gary, Ind., Rosemarie Campbell of Henderson, Nev., Shirley Wade of Excelsior Springs, Mo., and Carol Huff of Aurora, Colo.; 20 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; a brother, Royal Nesbit of Casselberry, Fla.; and three sisters, Orlene Sturgeon of Alton, Dorothy Gebhardt of Burbank and Nora Parkes of Hillsboro.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Gent Funeral Home, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. Silas Braxton officiating.
Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens.
Bessie P. Ealey, 76, a resident of Robings Manor Nursing Home in Brighton and formerly of Godfrey, died at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Anthony's Hospital.
Born in Decatur, daughter of the late Harrison and Wilhelmina (Abbott) Nesbit, she married Elmer Ealey who died in 1973.
Surviving are a son, James of San Diego, Calif.; five daughters, Ruth Griggs of Godfrey, Evelyn Segan of Gary, Ind., Rosemarie Campbell of Henderson, Nev., Shirley Wade of Excelsior Springs, Mo., and Carol Huff of Aurora, Colo.; 20 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; a brother, Royal Nesbit of Casselberry, Fla.; and three sisters, Orlene Sturgeon of Alton, Dorothy Gebhardt of Burbank and Nora Parkes of Hillsboro.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Gent Funeral Home, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. Silas Braxton officiating.
Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens.
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