Hertford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Bess, Clara Olivia Britt 1949
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 03-25-1949, P. 4
CLARA OLIVIA BRITT BESS

   Mrs. Clara Olivia Bess, 82, widow of Alonza Bess of Hertford County, N.C., 
died at 8:10 a.m. on Sunday, March 20, in Raiford Memorial Hospital, after an 
illness of a few weeks.

   Mrs. Bess was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Lucy Atkins Britt of 
Hertford County, and a member of the Meherrin Baptist Church of Murfreesboro. 
She moved to Franklin 23 years ago to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. J.K. 
Vann.

   Surviving her are four daughters, Mrs. Vann and Mrs. W.C. Stradley of 
Franklin, Mrs. Noami Stanley of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. R.E. Hoyt of Santa 
Cruz, Calif.; two sons, B.C. Bess of Murfreesboro, N.C., and R.C. Bess of 
Holland; 32 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren; and three brothers, K.R. 
Britt of Conway, N.C., N.P. Britt of Murfreesboro, N.C., and L.E. Britt of 
Portsmouth.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Bess were conducted Tuesday afternoon at three 
o’clock in the Meherrin Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. J.M. Duncan, assisted 
by Rev. L.M. Duncan, assisted by Rev. L.M. Kanipe of the Sycamore Baptist Church 
and Rev. Randolph Gregory of the Franklin Baptist Church. The choir of the 
church sang “Sometime We’ll Understand” and “Safe In the Arms of Jesus;” and a 
solo, “Sunrise,” was sung by Joel Cook Holland.

   The pall consisted of white calla lilies, white carnations, and a center 
inset of pink carnations. The floral tributes were beautiful and numerous from 
relatives and friends who loved her so well.

   The pallbearers were her grandsons, Julian E. Vann of Washington, N.C., Ray 
W. Vann of Norfolk, Raymond Bess of Holland, and Charles Stradley of Franklin, 
and her nephews, Allie and Arthur Britt of Portsmouth. Honorary pallbearers were 
her grandsons, Willard Hedgepeth of Conway, N.C., Vernon Bess and Lonnie D. Bess 
of Murfreesboro, N.C., William Henderson of Norfolk, Pfc. Ralph Stradley of 
Langley Field, and Lonnie Vann of Franklin.

   The remains of Mrs. Bess were interred in the Britt family cemetery near 
Murfreesboro beside her husband, who preceded her in death 36 years ago.


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