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Bessie Carmon

Female 1925 - 2016  (91 years)


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  • Name Bessie Carmon  [1
    Birth 7 Apr 1925  Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Bessie Wilkes  [2, 3
    Residence 1986  Scranton, Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 24 Jun 2016  Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Bessie Carmon Wilkes SCRANTON -- Bessie Carmon Wilkes, 91, of Scranton, SC passed away Friday, June 24, 2016.

      Mrs. Wilkes was born April 7, 1925 in Florence County, SC the daughter of the late Leroy and Ellen Lee Carmon. She was a member of Lee's Tabernacle Pentecostal Holiness Church. Bessie and her late husband, Preston Wilkes owned and operated Scranton Caf‚ for over 35 years before retiring.

      Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM Sunday, June 26, 2016 in the Brockington Funeral Home Chapel.

      Burial will follow at Lake City Memorial Park Cemetery.

      The family will receive friends from 2:00-3:00 PM Sunday prior to the service at the funeral home.

      Memorials may be made to Lee's Tabernacle Pentecostal Holiness Church 2226 N. Matthews Rd. Scranton, SC 29591 or Grace Free Will Baptist Church 348 Lawrence St. Lake City, SC 29560.

      Mrs. Wilkes is preceded in death by her husband, Preston Wilkes; three sisters; two brothers; and her parents, Leroy and Ellen Lee Carmon.

      Survivors include her daughter, Mary Ann Bellamy of Scranton, SC; a granddaughter, Ladonna (Michael) Beylotte of Scranton, SC; six great-grandchildren, Haley Bellamy, Tara Bellamy, Tiffany Bellamy, Hunter Bellamy, T.J. Bellamy and Kayla Bellamy.

      An online condolence page is available at www.brockingtonfh.com

      Morning News (Florence, SC) - Friday, June 24, 2016

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      "Morning News", , GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/15DBAB877B06F640-15DBAB877B06F640 : accessed 7 April 2017)
    Burial 26 Jun 2016  Lake City Memorial Park Cemetery, Lake City, Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I24649  tng Genealogy

    Family William Preston Wilkes, Jr,   b. 28 Jan 1924, Lake City, Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 2003, Scranton, Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Living
    Family ID F8196  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S399] Erica Wilkes, 02 Apr 2010.

    2. [S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106414667.
      Record for Bessie C Wilkes
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      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=57910340&indiv=try

    3. [S396] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
      Record for Bessie Wilkes