Obituaries

Bessie Mae McCarty

Bessie Mae "Sissy" McCarty passed away Nov. 21, 2015 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born on March 29, 1936 in Jefferson County to Noah and Bessie McCarty. She was employed by the Stuttgart Shoe Factory until its closing and later became a private sitter until her retirement. Bessie was a graduate of Humphrey High School and a member of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Stuttgart. She is proceeded in death by her parents; brothers, Earl, Arthur, Willie, Leroy, and Sonny McCarty; sisters, Jessie Autry, Gladys Hamilton, and Margaret McPherson. Survivors are sisters, Mary Turney of Stuttgart and Lucy Stewart of Humphrey; sister-in-law, Dorothy McCarty of Humphrey; and brother-in-law, Ray Stewart of Humphrey along with several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at Frazier Cemetery in Alcorn Community with interment by Turpin Funeral Home. Please go to www.turpin-co.com to sign the online guestbook.

Published November 23, 2015

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