Obit: Bessie Lee Kingston, Caddo Parish La
Submitted by Suzanne Shoemaker
Date: Nov. 1998
Source: Shreveport Times Fri Oct 23, 1998



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BESSIE LEE SMITH KINGSTON

Mrs. Bessie Lee Kingston, born September 24, 1932 in Bossier Parish, LA 
to Mable and Leroy Smith, Sr., died at Willis-Knighton Medical Center 
North, on Saturday, Oct. 17, 1998.  Mrs. Kingston was retired from the 
Commissary.

Visitation will be held at Greater Hope Baptist Church on Fri., Oct. 23, 
1998 from 6 until 8 p.m.  Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. on 
Saturday, Oct. 24, 1998 at the church.  Officiating will be Rev. Leonard 
Jones.  Interment will follow at Round Grove Cemetery.

She leaves to cherish her memory four daughters, Laverne Smith Lane 
(Robert), Dorothy Houston, Dallas, TX, Ester Kingston, Bobie Scott, 
Shreveport; three sons, Henry Kingston, Dallas, TX, Larry Kingston, 
Tommie Kingston, Shreveport; mother, Mable Smith; sister, Clara Kennon; 
brother, Leroy Smith, Jr.; 21 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren, and 
a host of aunts, nieces, nephews and friends.

Specal thanks to Home Health Care Nurse Shay Moses and Ada Lowe of 
Willis-Knighton, Dr. Jorge Martinez and Dr. Raj Handhi.  A very special 
thanks to our family friend, Robert Abbott, for being there when we 
needed him most.