Bessie Lou Adams, 89, of Brookhaven, died Friday, March 11, 2011, at Silver Cross Home in Brookhaven.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Brookhaven with burial in the church cemetery. Brookhaven Funeral Home on Natchez Drive is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is Sunday from 9 a.m. until noon at the funeral home and at the church from 1 p.m. until the time of the service.
Mrs. Adams was born Nov. 23, 1921, to Franklin Marion Watts and Annie Bell Posey Watts. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include her sons, Herschel Adams and wife, Jo Ann, Kennon Adams and wife, Karen, Randy Adams and wife, Debbie, and Lance Adams and wife, Melissa, all of Brookhaven; her daughters, Judy Morgan and husband, James, of Quitman, and Sandra Ray and husband, Michael, of Richland; her sister, Ruby Nell McCalip, of Natchez; her grandchildren, Le Ann Montgomery and husband, Phillip, Kala Burns, Karla Gerald and husband, Clint, Holli Pepper and husband, Will, Jake Adams, Chris Morgan and wife, Paula, Ethan Nations, Mallory Nations, Anna-Caroline Adams and Hayden Adams; and her great-grandchildren, Jaci Lee Montgomery, Nickolas Burns, Megan Gerald, Tucker Gerald, Lake Morgan, Jackson Morgan, and Jett Morgan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Adams; her parents, Franklin Marion Adams and Annie Bell Posey Adams; her daughter-in-law, Lana Adams; and her brothers and sisters, Gertrude Smith, Clara Mae Smith, Columbus Watts, Loyd Watts, Perlie Watts and Robert Watts.
Special thanks from the family go out to the staff at Silver Cross Home and Hospice Ministries.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Fund.
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Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Brookhaven with burial in the church cemetery. Brookhaven Funeral Home on Natchez Drive is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is Sunday from 9 a.m. until noon at the funeral home and at the church from 1 p.m. until the time of the service.
Mrs. Adams was born Nov. 23, 1921, to Franklin Marion Watts and Annie Bell Posey Watts. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include her sons, Herschel Adams and wife, Jo Ann, Kennon Adams and wife, Karen, Randy Adams and wife, Debbie, and Lance Adams and wife, Melissa, all of Brookhaven; her daughters, Judy Morgan and husband, James, of Quitman, and Sandra Ray and husband, Michael, of Richland; her sister, Ruby Nell McCalip, of Natchez; her grandchildren, Le Ann Montgomery and husband, Phillip, Kala Burns, Karla Gerald and husband, Clint, Holli Pepper and husband, Will, Jake Adams, Chris Morgan and wife, Paula, Ethan Nations, Mallory Nations, Anna-Caroline Adams and Hayden Adams; and her great-grandchildren, Jaci Lee Montgomery, Nickolas Burns, Megan Gerald, Tucker Gerald, Lake Morgan, Jackson Morgan, and Jett Morgan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Adams; her parents, Franklin Marion Adams and Annie Bell Posey Adams; her daughter-in-law, Lana Adams; and her brothers and sisters, Gertrude Smith, Clara Mae Smith, Columbus Watts, Loyd Watts, Perlie Watts and Robert Watts.
Special thanks from the family go out to the staff at Silver Cross Home and Hospice Ministries.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Fund.
The Daily Leader
Bessie Lou Adams, 89, of Brookhaven, died Friday, March 11, 2011, at Silver Cross Home in Brookhaven.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Brookhaven with burial in the church cemetery. Brookhaven Funeral Home on Natchez Drive is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is Sunday from 9 a.m. until noon at the funeral home and at the church from 1 p.m. until the time of the service.
Mrs. Adams was born Nov. 23, 1921, to Franklin Marion Watts and Annie Bell Posey Watts. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include her sons, Herschel Adams and wife, Jo Ann, Kennon Adams and wife, Karen, Randy Adams and wife, Debbie, and Lance Adams and wife, Melissa, all of Brookhaven; her daughters, Judy Morgan and husband, James, of Quitman, and Sandra Ray and husband, Michael, of Richland; her sister, Ruby Nell McCalip, of Natchez; her grandchildren, Le Ann Montgomery and husband, Phillip, Kala Burns, Karla Gerald and husband, Clint, Holli Pepper and husband, Will, Jake Adams, Chris Morgan and wife, Paula, Ethan Nations, Mallory Nations, Anna-Caroline Adams and Hayden Adams; and her great-grandchildren, Jaci Lee Montgomery, Nickolas Burns, Megan Gerald, Tucker Gerald, Lake Morgan, Jackson Morgan, and Jett Morgan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Adams; her parents, Franklin Marion Adams and Annie Bell Posey Adams; her daughter-in-law, Lana Adams; and her brothers and sisters, Gertrude Smith, Clara Mae Smith, Columbus Watts, Loyd Watts, Perlie Watts and Robert Watts.
Special thanks from the family go out to the staff at Silver Cross Home and Hospice Ministries.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Fund.
The Daily Leader
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Brookhaven with burial in the church cemetery. Brookhaven Funeral Home on Natchez Drive is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is Sunday from 9 a.m. until noon at the funeral home and at the church from 1 p.m. until the time of the service.
Mrs. Adams was born Nov. 23, 1921, to Franklin Marion Watts and Annie Bell Posey Watts. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include her sons, Herschel Adams and wife, Jo Ann, Kennon Adams and wife, Karen, Randy Adams and wife, Debbie, and Lance Adams and wife, Melissa, all of Brookhaven; her daughters, Judy Morgan and husband, James, of Quitman, and Sandra Ray and husband, Michael, of Richland; her sister, Ruby Nell McCalip, of Natchez; her grandchildren, Le Ann Montgomery and husband, Phillip, Kala Burns, Karla Gerald and husband, Clint, Holli Pepper and husband, Will, Jake Adams, Chris Morgan and wife, Paula, Ethan Nations, Mallory Nations, Anna-Caroline Adams and Hayden Adams; and her great-grandchildren, Jaci Lee Montgomery, Nickolas Burns, Megan Gerald, Tucker Gerald, Lake Morgan, Jackson Morgan, and Jett Morgan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Adams; her parents, Franklin Marion Adams and Annie Bell Posey Adams; her daughter-in-law, Lana Adams; and her brothers and sisters, Gertrude Smith, Clara Mae Smith, Columbus Watts, Loyd Watts, Perlie Watts and Robert Watts.
Special thanks from the family go out to the staff at Silver Cross Home and Hospice Ministries.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Fund.
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