Hertford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Bess, Ralph Clifton 1959
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 02-12-1959, SECT. II, P. 8
RALPH CLIFTON BESS

   Ralph Clifton Bess, 58, died suddenly Saturday afternoon at the home of his 
sister, Mrs. J.K. Vann, near Franklin.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Jennie Donovan Bess, and the son of the late 
Alonzo and Mrs. Clara O. Britt Bess of Hertford County, N.C.  He was a retired 
employee of the Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. A native of Hertford County, N.C., he 
had resided in Franklin for the last 12 years. He was a member of the Beaver Dam 
Baptist Church.

   Besides his wife and sister, he is survived by two sons, Raymond D. and 
Julian R. Bess of Franklin; three daughters, Mrs. Pearl B. Reynolds of Norfolk; 
Mrs. Bernice B. Avrigian of Philadelphia, Pa. and Miss Judy L. Bess of Franklin; 
one brother, B.C. Bess of Murfreesboro, N.C.; three sisters, Mrs. W.C. Stradley 
of Franklin; Mrs. Benjamin Rhodes of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. R.E. Holt of San 
Jose, Calif., and seven grandchildren.

   Funeral services were conducted at the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home 
Monday at 2:30 p.m., by the Rev. Edwin C. Thornton, pastor of Beaver Dam Baptist 
Church. Burial was in the family plot near Murfreesboro.

   Pallbearers were Willie Tedder, Chester Piersa, Paul Gerald, R.W. McCoy, J.H. 
Duke and Harold Morris.

*He's buried in Southampton Memorial Park, Christus II, Plot 91, Franklin, Va.


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