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Bessie Lee COLE

Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
Sebastian County,
Arkansas

Russell
August 7, 1899 - March 10, 1982

Bessie
July 1, 1911 - May 20, 2010

Bessie Lee Cole, 98, of Fort Smith, was born July 1, 1911 in Winslow, AR to William and Emma Nickens Pursell.
She died May 20, 2010 in Fort Smith.

She was a Homemaker and was a member of Grand Avenue Baptist Church for over 60 years.

She is survived by one son, Charles Cole of Fort Smith; one sister, Florine Armstrong of Van Buren; one grandson, Jon Cole and his wife Julie of Maumelle, AR and one great grandson, Hunter Cole.

She was preceded in death by her husband Russell H. Cole; five sisters, Zora Coffman, Mary Crisp, Essie Townley, Omah Norvell, and Lorine Smith; three brothers, Charles, Jim, and John Pursell.

Funeral service was Monday, May 24, 2010 at 10:00 AM in the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park all under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Don Nuckolls, Richard Tune, Ralph Hollocher, and Elmo Matthews.

Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth

Contributed on 6/2/24 by Billsully060
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Submitted: 6/2/24 • Approved: 6/3/24 • Last Updated: 6/6/24 • R1533457-G1533456-S3

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