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Manella Elizabeth "Neela" (Taylor) Bess was born on January 29, 1889 in Smyrna, Tennessee, the daughter of Daniel Taylor and Mary Elizabeth (Jones) Taylor.
She was married in 1905 to Arthur Noble Bess (1880–1930), and they moved to Nashville in 1920.
A Baptist living at 3976 Dickerson Road, Neela was 71 years old and a widow when she died at Nashville General Hospital on January 18, 1961 of uremia due to chronic pyelonephritis.
She was preceded in death by her husband and by her son Keiffer M Bess (1915–1936), while survivors included her daughter Mrs Leland J King, sons Sam Borum Bess, Jesse Herman Bess and Lovell Turner Bess, brother Herman Taylor of Detroit, Michigan, five granddaughters and three grandsons.
Funeral Services were held at Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home, and burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville.
Original obituary in THE TENNESSEAN on January 19 & 20, 1961, with additional info from her Death Certificate, with Mrs Leland J King as the informant.
Known children of Neela and Arthur:
~ Charles G Bess (1907–1933)
~ Sam Borum Bess (29 Aug 1909–30 Dec 1962)
~ Jessie Herman Bess (11 Nov 1911–11 Aug 1966)
~ Keiffer M Bess (1915–1936)
~ Lovell Turner Bess (1918–1990)
~ Mary Frances King (1921–2012) m Leonard J King
[1910 census = 2 children; 2 living]
Manella Elizabeth "Neela" (Taylor) Bess was born on January 29, 1889 in Smyrna, Tennessee, the daughter of Daniel Taylor and Mary Elizabeth (Jones) Taylor.
She was married in 1905 to Arthur Noble Bess (1880–1930), and they moved to Nashville in 1920.
A Baptist living at 3976 Dickerson Road, Neela was 71 years old and a widow when she died at Nashville General Hospital on January 18, 1961 of uremia due to chronic pyelonephritis.
She was preceded in death by her husband and by her son Keiffer M Bess (1915–1936), while survivors included her daughter Mrs Leland J King, sons Sam Borum Bess, Jesse Herman Bess and Lovell Turner Bess, brother Herman Taylor of Detroit, Michigan, five granddaughters and three grandsons.
Funeral Services were held at Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home, and burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville.
Original obituary in THE TENNESSEAN on January 19 & 20, 1961, with additional info from her Death Certificate, with Mrs Leland J King as the informant.
Known children of Neela and Arthur:
~ Charles G Bess (1907–1933)
~ Sam Borum Bess (29 Aug 1909–30 Dec 1962)
~ Jessie Herman Bess (11 Nov 1911–11 Aug 1966)
~ Keiffer M Bess (1915–1936)
~ Lovell Turner Bess (1918–1990)
~ Mary Frances King (1921–2012) m Leonard J King
[1910 census = 2 children; 2 living]
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Manella Elizabeth "Neela" (Taylor) Bess was born on January 29, 1889 in Smyrna, Tennessee, the daughter of Daniel Taylor and Mary Elizabeth (Jones) Taylor.
She was married in 1905 to Arthur Noble Bess (1880–1930), and they moved to Nashville in 1920.
A Baptist living at 3976 Dickerson Road, Neela was 71 years old and a widow when she died at Nashville General Hospital on January 18, 1961 of uremia due to chronic pyelonephritis.
She was preceded in death by her husband and by her son Keiffer M Bess (1915–1936), while survivors included her daughter Mrs Leland J King, sons Sam Borum Bess, Jesse Herman Bess and Lovell Turner Bess, brother Herman Taylor of Detroit, Michigan, five granddaughters and three grandsons.
Funeral Services were held at Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home, and burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville.
Original obituary in THE TENNESSEAN on January 19 & 20, 1961, with additional info from her Death Certificate, with Mrs Leland J King as the informant.
Known children of Neela and Arthur:
~ Charles G Bess (1907–1933)
~ Sam Borum Bess (29 Aug 1909–30 Dec 1962)
~ Jessie Herman Bess (11 Nov 1911–11 Aug 1966)
~ Keiffer M Bess (1915–1936)
~ Lovell Turner Bess (1918–1990)
~ Mary Frances King (1921–2012) m Leonard J King
[1910 census = 2 children; 2 living]
Manella Elizabeth "Neela" (Taylor) Bess was born on January 29, 1889 in Smyrna, Tennessee, the daughter of Daniel Taylor and Mary Elizabeth (Jones) Taylor.
She was married in 1905 to Arthur Noble Bess (1880–1930), and they moved to Nashville in 1920.
A Baptist living at 3976 Dickerson Road, Neela was 71 years old and a widow when she died at Nashville General Hospital on January 18, 1961 of uremia due to chronic pyelonephritis.
She was preceded in death by her husband and by her son Keiffer M Bess (1915–1936), while survivors included her daughter Mrs Leland J King, sons Sam Borum Bess, Jesse Herman Bess and Lovell Turner Bess, brother Herman Taylor of Detroit, Michigan, five granddaughters and three grandsons.
Funeral Services were held at Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home, and burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville.
Original obituary in THE TENNESSEAN on January 19 & 20, 1961, with additional info from her Death Certificate, with Mrs Leland J King as the informant.
Known children of Neela and Arthur:
~ Charles G Bess (1907–1933)
~ Sam Borum Bess (29 Aug 1909–30 Dec 1962)
~ Jessie Herman Bess (11 Nov 1911–11 Aug 1966)
~ Keiffer M Bess (1915–1936)
~ Lovell Turner Bess (1918–1990)
~ Mary Frances King (1921–2012) m Leonard J King
[1910 census = 2 children; 2 living]
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