SOUTHAVEN - Bessie Williams Deaton, 92, died Monday, May 23, 2005, at her home. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Whitehaven Baptist Church in Memphis and a former member of the Iuka Gospel Chapel. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with Bro. Bob Purvis officiating. Burial will be in New Prospect Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons, Jimmy Leroy Deaton of Walls and James Kenneth Deaton of Southaven; three daughters, Pearl Hamm of Southaven, Nancy Sandifer of Denham Springs, La., and Barbara Jackson of Olive Branch; a brother, T.O. (White) Williams of Iuka; a sister, Drammer Russell of Iuka; eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Deaton; a son, Harold Deaton; and a grandson, Michael Jackson.
SOUTHAVEN - Bessie Williams Deaton, 92, died Monday, May 23, 2005, at her home. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Whitehaven Baptist Church in Memphis and a former member of the Iuka Gospel Chapel. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with Bro. Bob Purvis officiating. Burial will be in New Prospect Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons, Jimmy Leroy Deaton of Walls and James Kenneth Deaton of Southaven; three daughters, Pearl Hamm of Southaven, Nancy Sandifer of Denham Springs, La., and Barbara Jackson of Olive Branch; a brother, T.O. (White) Williams of Iuka; a sister, Drammer Russell of Iuka; eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Deaton; a son, Harold Deaton; and a grandson, Michael Jackson.
Family Members
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Elbert Marvin Williams
1903–1965
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Pearl Williams Pruitt
1906–1987
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Luther L Williams
1907–1995
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Fred Roswell "Dock" Williams
1909–1962
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Gertie May Williams Barnes
1910–1970
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Truman Oswell Williams Sr
1914–2006
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Doyal Thomas Williams
1916–1964
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Dramer Lois Williams Russell
1923–2005
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James Olen Williams
1927–1975
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