Bessie was a graduate of Gallipolis Career College with several associates degrees. She also briefly worked for Ames department store in 1995. She retired in 2005 due to a knee surgery. Bessie had an interest in lots of different activities such as sewing, collecting stuffed animals, music and singing in her church choir, reading up and studying The Bible, and spending time with her children and grandchildren that she loved. She was a very kind and nice woman who would help anybody in need.
Bessie is preceded in death by her older sister Elizabeth Johnson, her brothers Clibborn Smith and Lloyd Smith, her husband Johnny Simmons, and her daughter Cheryl Tanner. She is survived by her sons Mark Rippey of San Antonio and Robert Rippey of Columbus, her sister Kathy Garnes of Cheshire, her sister in law Mira Smith of Cheshire, her brothers Monroe Johnson of Gallipolis and Chris Smith of Cheshire, her brother in law George Garnes I of Cheshire, her grandchildren Anginette Rippey of Cheshire, Tasha Tanner of Cincinnati, Jerome Tanner of Bidwell, and Rotisha Cochran of San Diego, plus several great grandchildren.
She will be missed by the ones that truly loved her.
Bessie was a graduate of Gallipolis Career College with several associates degrees. She also briefly worked for Ames department store in 1995. She retired in 2005 due to a knee surgery. Bessie had an interest in lots of different activities such as sewing, collecting stuffed animals, music and singing in her church choir, reading up and studying The Bible, and spending time with her children and grandchildren that she loved. She was a very kind and nice woman who would help anybody in need.
Bessie is preceded in death by her older sister Elizabeth Johnson, her brothers Clibborn Smith and Lloyd Smith, her husband Johnny Simmons, and her daughter Cheryl Tanner. She is survived by her sons Mark Rippey of San Antonio and Robert Rippey of Columbus, her sister Kathy Garnes of Cheshire, her sister in law Mira Smith of Cheshire, her brothers Monroe Johnson of Gallipolis and Chris Smith of Cheshire, her brother in law George Garnes I of Cheshire, her grandchildren Anginette Rippey of Cheshire, Tasha Tanner of Cincinnati, Jerome Tanner of Bidwell, and Rotisha Cochran of San Diego, plus several great grandchildren.
She will be missed by the ones that truly loved her.
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