Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Harper, Bessie Griffin July 17, 2012 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 July 12, 2019, 11:23 am The Berrien Press - July 25, 2012 Bessie Harper, 88, of Nashville died July 17, 2012, at Tift Regional Medical C Center. Born May 7, 1924, in Berrien County to the late Henry and Della Webb Griffin, she retired from Nashville Textile and worshiped at Nashville Church of God. She learned to play the guitar and sing with her brothers as a young girl and shared her talents with many area churches. She will be remembered as a godly mother and grandmother. She was the widow of Aubrey Lucious Harper and was also p preceded in death by a son, Roy Emerson Harper, and four brothers, Bob, Aaron, M Mack and John Griffin. Survivors include a daughter, Wanda (Ronnie) Wood of Zephyrihills, FL; three sons, Herman (Diane) Harper of Placerville, CA, Russell (Jane) Harper and Perry Harper, all of Nashville; 10 grandchildren, Tammy Terry, Peggy Tyson, Kim Miller, Donna Smith, Kristy Whelan, Rusty Harper, Mark Harper, Chris Harper, Taylor Harper and Clint Wood; 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held July 19 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Lovein Funeral H Home with the Revs. Franklin Vinson, Scott Walker and Johnny Smith officiating. R Ronnie Wood sang "Amazing Grace" and "I'm a Winner Either Way" "How Beautiful H Heaven Must Be" was played on CD. Interment followed at Mt. Paron Cemetery. Pallbearers were Rusty Harper, Mark Harper, Clint Wood, James Griffin, Charles G Griffin, Wendell Taylor, Ryan Bowen. Lovein Funeral Home, Nashville, GA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/h/harper5309nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb