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Oct 2, 1922 - May 20, 2015
Obit for Bessie posted by Martha Reddout
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Oct 2, 1922 - May 20, 2015
Obit for Bessie posted by Martha Reddout
Bessie grew up 3 miles north of Sayre on the family farm and attended school at New Liberty graduating valedictorian in 1940. After graduation, she remained in Sayre and was married to Cletius Hilley on March 6, 1943. While Cletius was in the armed forces and was deployed Bessie drove a delivery truck for a cleaning and laundry service. In 1949, Bessie and Cletius moved to Oklahoma City where they managed Nuway Cleaners and Bessie enjoyed taking care of her only granddaughter at the time. Later on she was blessed with two more grandchildren and enjoyed taking care of them as well. She also enjoyed reading romance novels and cooking. Bessie was an outgoing and personable person who had many friends and was loved by all the nurses in the nursing home where she resided for the last 10 years. To some she was affectionately known as "Bossy Bessie".
She was preceded in death by her parents,
husband, a daughter, Linda Joyce Regier, and 4 sisters Juanita Mills, Dois
Howell, Stella Perkins and Bobbie Jo Johnston and a host of other relatives
and friends.
She is survived by her daughter, Patti Booth, Oklahoma City, OK; 3
grandchildren, Chauntel Booth and companion, Jimmy Jacobs, Houston, TX,
Sherry Palmer and husband, Ben, Yukon, OK and Clint Regier, Yukon, OK; 5
great grandchildren, Gabe Palmer, Abbie Palmer, Camden Palmer, Alix Regier
and Camryn Regier; sister, Pat Dowdell, Clinton, OK and a host of other
relatives and friends.
Service Friday, May 22, 2015,
10:00 AM
Rose Chapel Funeral Service (Sayre)
906 N. 4th
Sayre, Oklahoma 73662, United States
Cemetery Details
Sayre-Doxey Cemetery
Sayre, Oklahoma