Obituaries:  Bessie Mae Hendershot, Sabine Parish       H-536
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 18, 1992
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Bessie Mae Hendershot

  Services for Bessie Mae Hendershot, 83, of Athens, were
scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, at the United Pentecostal
Church, with the Rev. O. W. Davis officiating. Graveside services
were held at 3:30 p.m., Saturday, at Noble Cemetery in Noble,
under the direction of Foster and Brown Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Hendershot passed away Friday morning, after a lengthy
illness.

  She was born April 19, 1909, in Noble, the daughter of Ambrose
B. Parrott, and Ada Sarah Johnson. She moved to Athens in 1964.
She was a member of the United Pentecostal Church in Athens. Mrs.
Hendershot was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Hendershot
in 1964; and her son, Johnny T. Derrick in 1969.

  Mrs. Hendershot is survived by two sisters, Clara Harrison of
Athens, and Naomi Campbell of Arlington; and a host of nieces and
nephews.