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Submitted: 5/19/14 • Approved: 5/19/14 • Last Updated: 8/14/15 • R61958-G61957-S3
Esther Lee
Mar 14, 1920-April 25, 2005
Heber E.
Oct 2, 1919-Jan 14, 2014
*Obituary
Fairmont, GA resident and Grundy County, TN native Heber Earl Bess, age 94, was born October 2, 1919 and died January 14, 2014 at Calhoun Health Care Center in Calhoun, in death April 25, 2005. In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by two sons, Billy G. and James Earl Bess; daughter, Theresa Bouldin; several GA following a brief illness.
Retired from the Southern Standard, he was the son of the late Venus and Lettie Mae Whitman Bess.
He was married to Esther Lee Bouldin Bess who preceded him brothers and sisters; and granddaughter, Margie L. Bess.
He is survived by a son, Larry Bess of Chatsworth, GA; six grandchildren, Mark Bess, Leanne Bess and Missy Arnold all of Viola, TN, Russell Bess of Murfreesboro, TN, and Cindy Bouldin and Nickie Anderson both of McMinnville; five great-grandchildren, La Nae Bess, Hanna Bess and Samantha Arnold all of Viola, TN, Blake Cope of McMinnville and Danielle Scott of the Centertown Community; four great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Opal Bess of Oregon.
Funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 17, 2014 in High's Chapel with Judy Thompson officiating.
Burial will follow in Bess, King and Whitman Cemetery in Grundy County, TN.
Contributed on 5/19/14 by chipperwaters
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