September 9, 1996

BESSIE MAY SMITHSON

EAST PRAIRIE -- Bessie May Smithson, 91, died Saturday, Sept. 7, 1996, at the Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky. She was born Dec. 31, 1904, in Beulah, Ky., daughter of Will Simpson and Cora Belle Weatherford Hayden. She moved to Cunningham, Ky., from East Prairie, and was a member of the Cunningham First Church of God...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Bessie May Smithson, 91, died Saturday, Sept. 7, 1996, at the Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky.

She was born Dec. 31, 1904, in Beulah, Ky., daughter of Will Simpson and Cora Belle Weatherford Hayden. She moved to Cunningham, Ky., from East Prairie, and was a member of the Cunningham First Church of God.

She married Colie Smithson on Dec. 11, 1924. He died Feb. 24, 1974.

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She is survived by a son, Tommy L. Smithson of Cunningham; two daughters, Martha L. Summerlott of Monroe, Wis., and Mellie J. Long of Cunningham; a sister, Zora Thomure of East Prairie; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral chapel, with Larry Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie.

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