1912
Bessie
2009
Bessie Lou Scroggins
January 17, 1912 — September 20, 2009
Funeral services for Bessie Lou Scroggins, 97, of Beaumont, TX will be held Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 11:00 am in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Dr. Ralph Thompson officiating and assisted by Rev. Tony Shaw. Interment will be at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Elkhart, TX on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. A gathering of family and friends will be held Wednesday between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont.
Bessie was born in Elkhart, TX on January 17, 1912, daughter of the late Marvin and Helen McKinney Hortman. She was baptized in 1927 in Elkhart Club Lake. She lived in Elkhart and Freeport, and has been in Beaumont since 1987. She was a member of Amelia Baptist Church, Triple L Club, AARP, and KOPS 345 Alumni of Southeast, TX..
Those left to cherish her memory are daughter and son-in-law, Melba Shipper and Garland Stansel of Angleton; son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Kenneth and Robbie Shipper of Beaumont; brother-in-law, Harry Dunnam, of Palestine; sisters, Jewel Rainey of Angleton, Dora Quarles of Elkhart; and brother, Marion Hortman and wife, Kathleen, of Elkhart.
Also, surviving her are her grandchildren, David Stansel, Wayne Stansel, Larry Stansel, Suzy Stansel Potts, Connie Stansel Dunn, Stanley Shipper, Ted Shipper, Greg Shipper and Cindy Shipper McMurrey; step-granddaughter, Missy Sawyer; step-grandson Butch Sawyer; twenty-two great-grandchildren, nine great-great grandchildren; and numerous nephews, nieces, and a host of friends.
She was preceded in death by brothers, Elbert and Junior Hortman; sisters, Bulah Hortman Gilcrease and Martha Hortman Dunnam; and husbands, M.C. Shipper, Edward Pridgen, and Clifton Scroggins.
Those who wish may make donations to Amelia Baptist Church or to the Dr. Kenneth Shipper Scholarship at Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont, TX.
Bessie was born in Elkhart, TX on January 17, 1912, daughter of the late Marvin and Helen McKinney Hortman. She was baptized in 1927 in Elkhart Club Lake. She lived in Elkhart and Freeport, and has been in Beaumont since 1987. She was a member of Amelia Baptist Church, Triple L Club, AARP, and KOPS 345 Alumni of Southeast, TX..
Those left to cherish her memory are daughter and son-in-law, Melba Shipper and Garland Stansel of Angleton; son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Kenneth and Robbie Shipper of Beaumont; brother-in-law, Harry Dunnam, of Palestine; sisters, Jewel Rainey of Angleton, Dora Quarles of Elkhart; and brother, Marion Hortman and wife, Kathleen, of Elkhart.
Also, surviving her are her grandchildren, David Stansel, Wayne Stansel, Larry Stansel, Suzy Stansel Potts, Connie Stansel Dunn, Stanley Shipper, Ted Shipper, Greg Shipper and Cindy Shipper McMurrey; step-granddaughter, Missy Sawyer; step-grandson Butch Sawyer; twenty-two great-grandchildren, nine great-great grandchildren; and numerous nephews, nieces, and a host of friends.
She was preceded in death by brothers, Elbert and Junior Hortman; sisters, Bulah Hortman Gilcrease and Martha Hortman Dunnam; and husbands, M.C. Shipper, Edward Pridgen, and Clifton Scroggins.
Those who wish may make donations to Amelia Baptist Church or to the Dr. Kenneth Shipper Scholarship at Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont, TX.
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