Bessie Walters

March 5, 1913 - August 31, 2012

Mrs. Bessie Mae Walters, 99 of Graceville passed away Friday, August 31, 2012 at Washington Health & Rehabilitation in Chipley, Florida. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at Damascus Baptist Church with James C. Walters, Rev. Chester Padgett and Dr. Bill Floyd officiating. Burial will follow in Marvin Chapel Cemetery with James & Lipford Funeral Home in Graceville directing. Family will receive friends at the church 10 a.m. until time of service. Ms. Bessie was born in Midland City, Alabama on March 5, 1913 to the late James Bascom Ward and Beulah Dean Ward. A beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Ms. Bessie was a member of Damascus Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her husband C.C. Walters, parents, seven brothers and three sisters. She is survived by her children Edward Walters and wife Sylvia, Graceville, Janie Pelham, Bloomington, MN, Tommy Walters and wife Rita, Augusta, GA, Boyd Walters and wife Mari Cynthia, North Myrtle Beach, SC, Chris Walters and wife MerryLou, Altha, FL, Janair Gates and husband David, Marianna; brother O.T. Ward and wife Ruby, Graceville; fourteen grandchildren, nineteen great grandchildren, seven great great grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews.