To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 8/16/19 • Approved: 8/17/19 • Last Updated: 8/20/19 • R1275508-G1275508-S3
FIRST LIEUTENANT US Army
Army Nurse Corps
World WarII
September 28, 1922 - March 17, 2013
Mary Kesl (Hayes) Bussell, 90, of Chester, Virginia passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013, at Chester.
Mary was born September 28, 1922, at Trenton, Arkansas, to the late Oldrich Kesl and the late Lillie Newman Kesl.
Mary served her country during World War II in Europe with the Army Nurse Corps in the U.S. Army.
She may be best remembered to residents of Phillips County as Mary Hayes, Dr. Oldham's nurse.
She is survived by two daughters, Anne Hayes of Pinehurst, North Carolina and Margaret Pope of Chester; two brothers, James Kesl and Vencil Kesl, both of West Helena, and four grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; by her first husband and the father of her children, James Hayes, and her second husband, Samuel H. Bussell.
A funeral service was held at St. Mary's Catholic Church at Helena, Arkansas with burial at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery
Find A Grave, database (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 August 2019), memorial page for Mary Hayes Kesl Bussell (28 Sep 1922–17 Mar 2013), Find A Grave Memorial no. 106838257, citing St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Sandra (contributor 46915147) .
Contributed on 8/16/19 by sandycurry10
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 1275508