Individual Details
Bessie Wavy Kirkpatrick
(22 Jan 1893 - 17 Jul 1975)
From the Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, Friday, July 18, 1975: Bessie Sullivan, 82 of 501 Mulkey St., Christopher, died at 6:10 p.m. Thursday at Miners Hospital in Christopher after a lengthy illness. She was born Jan. 22, 1893 near Christopher to Leroy and Nancy Flowers Kirkpatrick. Her husband, William Sullivan, died in 1958 and a daughter, Ruby Faycak and a son, Robert Edmonds, also preceded her in death. Survivors include two daughters, Ethel Renaud of Johnston City and Bobbie Walker of Christopher; a brother Hobert Kirkpatrick of Christopher; a sister Effie Speegal of West Frankford; four grand children and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Russell Funeral Home in Christopher. The Rev. James Graddy will officiate. Burial will be in Harrison Cemetery in Christopher. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Events
Families
Spouse | William Sullivan (1893 - 1958) |
Spouse | Sidney Elias Edmonds (1884 - 1923) |
Child | Ruby May Edmonds (1911 - 1964) |
Child | Robert LeRoy Edmonds (1914 - 1948) |
Child | Ethel Mary Edmonds (1917 - 1982) |
Father | LeRoy C. Kirkpatrick (1866 - 1901) |
Mother | Nancy Tennessee Flowers (1869 - 1919) |
Sibling | Dessie Ida Kirkpatrick (1895 - 1964) |
Sibling | Hobart Snyder Kirkpatrick (1899 - 1977) |
Endnotes
1. 1900 Census Franklin Co., Illinois.
2. Southern Illinoisan, Obituary of Bessie Sullivan (n.p: Friday, July 18, 1975, n.d).
11. Southern Illinoisan, Obituary of Bessie Sullivan (n.p: Friday, July 18, 1975, n.d).
13. 1900 Census Franklin Co., Illinois.
14. Southern Illinoisan, Obituary of Bessie Sullivan (n.p: Friday, July 18, 1975, n.d).