BESSIE ANN SMITH

JACKSON -- Bessie Ann Smith, 95, a longtime resident of Whitewater, died Thursday afternoon, Dec. 5, 1991, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson.

She was born Oct. 24, 1896, at Whitewater, daughter of Jesse and Mary "Maggie" Wiseman Green.

She married Walter D. Smith Sept. 30, 1914. He died July 31, 1951.

She lived on a farm north of Whitewater most of her life. On Nov. 4, 1987, she moved to Deal Nursing home.

She was a member of Whitewater United Methodist Church.

Survivors are a son, Jesse F. Smith, Whitewater; a daughter, Marion Hyson, Jackson; and sisters, Beulah and Eula Green, both of Whitewater.

Two sons, two brothers and two sisters also preceded her in death.

Service will be Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson with the Rev. Bill Belmar officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.