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Bessie Mae Spiller
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Spouses/Children:
Willie Brackett
- John F Brackett
- Ruth Brackett
- Sandra Brackett
- Tammie Brackett
- Willie Brackett Jr.
- Henry Brackett
- J.B. Brackett
- Willie Brackett
- Ernest Brackett
- Larry Brackett
- Marshall Brackett
- Markeist Brackett
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Bessie Mae Spiller 1 2
- Born: 25 Sep 1937, Grace, Issaquena County, Mississippi, USA 3
- Marriage: Willie Brackett
- Died: 5 Dec 2004, Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, USA at age 67 3 4
- Buried: 12 Dec 2004, Delat Memorial Garden, Greenville, Mississippi, USA
 Events in her life were:
Age at death was 67 years old - widow, 5 Dec 2004. 4 Charge/Arrangement by Byas Funeral Home, Greenville, Mississippi, USA. 4 Her funeral was held 1p.m. in Bethlehem MB Church, Greenville, Mississippi, USA. 4 Bessie had 12 children, 27 grandchildren, and 46 great grandchildren, recorded on Dec 2004. 4 Raised: Grandchildren - Beatrice Butler, James Brackett, Sharnell Hardison, Ernest Brackett and Bryan Hardison. 4 Visitation: Saturday, 2 -6 p.m., 11 Dec 2004, Byas Funeral Home Chapel, Greenville, Mississippi, USA. 4 Officiate by Paster Robert E. Young. 4 Born: Abt 1937, Mississippi, USA. 4
Bessie married Willie Brackett. (Willie Brackett died before Dec 2004 5.)
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Sources
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Interview - Oral History: Henry Spiller, Jr (2006-11-04) (Phone conversation 4 November 2006
Oral history and personal memory
Interview - by phon e).
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Obtiuary - Bessie Mae Spiller Brackett (Delta Democrat-Times - December 11, 2004). GREENVILLE - Funeral services for Bessie Mae Spiller Brackett, 67, of Greenville will be Sunday at 1 p.m. at Bethlehem MB Church, Greenville. She died Dec. 5, 2004, at Delta Regional Medical Center, Greenville. Burial will be in Delta Memorial Garden, Greenville, under the direction of Byas Funeral Home, Greenville.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Brackett; her father, Henry Spiller Sr; a brother, Willie E. Spiller; and a devoted son, John F. Brackett.
She leaves to cherish her memory and celebrate her life: three daughters, Ruth (the Rev. Lewis) Thomas, Sandra (Zachary) Scott and Tammie Brackett all of Greenville; eight sons, Willie Brackett Jr. of Atlanta, Ga., and Henry (Betty) Brackett, J.B. (Arlease) Brackett, Willie Brackett, Ernest Brackett, Larry (Doretha) Brackett, Marshall Brackett and Markeist Brackett, all of Greenville; three godsons, John (Angela) Alexander, Anton Pennington and David Alexander all of Greenville; her loving mother, Mary L. Spiller of Greenville; one sister, Virginia Wheeler of Greenville; two brothers, Henry (Ruth) Spiller of Greenville and James (Bobbie) Spiller of Grand Prairie, Texas; seven aunts, Marie Shorter and Bessie People, both of Greenville, and Jerlean Hill, Martha Crystain, Louella Johnson, Ollie Ruth Hill and Dorothy Jenkins, all of Hermanville; three uncles, Jessie (Alice) Bruce and Gill (Bertha) Shorter of Greenville, and Matthew (Candice) Shorter of Hermanville; 27 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; five grandchildren she raised, Beatrice Butler, James Brackett, Sharnell Hardison, Ernest Brackett and Bryan Hardison; three sisters-in-law, Nora Spiller of Greenville, Lilly Brown of Waukegan, Ill., and Louella Brackett of Tuscaloosa, Ala; one brother-in-law, Earnest Brackett of Greenville; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Visitation will be Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. at Byas Funeral Home chapel, Greenville. Pastor Robert E. Young will officiate.
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Website - Ancestry Tree: Shorter-Spiller Family Tree.
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Obtiuary - Bessie Mae Spiller Brackett (Delta Democrat-Times - December 11, 2004).
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Obtiuary - Bessie Mae Spiller Brackett (Delta Democrat-Times - December 11, 2004), Preceded wife in death.
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