Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
3:57 pm Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Bessie F. Bell Ables

October 18, 2015

Bessie F. Bell Ables, age 75, formerly from Vina, passed away Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015, at Henderson County Community Hospital in Lexington, Tenn.
The visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Spry Memorial Chapel. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. in the chapel. Speaking at the funeral will be Dwight Bradshaw. Burial will be at Belgreen Cemetery.
She is survived by her husband, William Lester Ables, Lexington, Tenn.; daughter, Angie Bradshaw and husband, Dwight, from Florida; son, Johnny Bell and wife, Trisha, from Hamilton; two grandchildren, Heath Bradshaw and Tyler Bradshaw; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her first husband, Sam Bell; parents, William Franklin and Maudie Gray Young; and sister, Mageline Bishop.
The pallbearers will be friends of the family.

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