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DATE: WEDNESDAY, October 13, 1993                   TAG: 9310130285
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ROCKY MOUNT                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT BUSSEY, BESSIE CLAUDINE HODGES

BUSSEY, Bessie Claudine Hodges, 85, of Rocky Mount, died Monday, October 11, 1993. Mrs. Bussey attended Rocky Mount Church of God. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Jim Bussey; one son, Euell C. Bussey; one great-grandson, Mark Scott LaPrade. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Dalton and Geraldine Bussey, Everett and Susie Bussey; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Daisy and Jerry (Bud) LaPrade, Juanita and Lannie Cooper, Bessie LaPrade, all of Rocky Mount. Other survivors include one daughter-in-law, Shirley Bussey Christ, Eunice, La.; two brothers, Walter and Alvin Hodges, both of Rocky Mount; 16 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday, October 14, 1993, at the Arrington-Bussey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ron Hill and Rev. R. B. McPherson officiating. Interment will follow in the Hodges family cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday, October 13, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Rocky Mount Church of God, 828 N. Main St., Rocky Mount, VA 24151. Arrangements by Arrington-Bussey Funeral Home, Rocky Mount. 


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