Bessie Ruth's full name comes from the obituary of her sister Annebelle.
Bessie Ruth's obituary (extract) reads: "Funeral for Ruth Crymes Rowden, 86, of Decatur will be Monday, January 2, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Ridout's Brown-Service Funeral Home with Bobby Templin and Alan Watkins officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Rowden, who died Friday, December 30, 2011, was born February 9, 1925, in Lauderdale County to William Thomas Crymes and Mary Minor Crymes. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Rowden; two brothers, Sam Crymes and Harvey Crymes; and six sisters, Mitt Gresham, Ann Crymes, Nell Garrett, Gladys Williams, Ellen Whitehead and Alma Snoddy..." |
