Bessie Wright

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Bessie Octavia Wright, 91, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005, at the Fountains Nursing Home in Marion, Ill.

She was born Dec. 16, 1913, in Hurricane, Mo., daughter of Jesse LeRoy and Lenore Octavia Moore Devenport. She and Wm. Lafe Shrum were married Dec. 25, 1927. He preceded her in death on Nov. 5, 1977. She and Johnnie Mitchell Wright were married on Aug. 9, 1980. He preceded her in death on March 16, 2004.

Survivors include two sons, Bill Shrum of San Jose, Calif. and Kenneth Joe Shrum of Houston, Texas; five daughters, Addele Long of Marble Hill, Helen Cook of Cahokia, Ill., Betty Mayfield of Oliver, Mo., Carol Clendenin of Marion, Ill. and Terry Theissan of Colorado Springs, Colo.; 25 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; and 31 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, a daughter, four brothers, a sister, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Cecil Clendenin officiating. Burial will be at the Plainview Cemetery near Marble Hill.