Bessie Faye Oxford

THURMAN, Bessie F.

SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS: Bessie Faye Thurman, 85, died May 3, 2007. She was born November 7, 1921 to Perry Baker Oxford and Laura Belle Edmondson Oxford. She was a member of the Wedington Quilting Club, and attended Wedington Missionary Baptist Church. She had worked at the IGA store in Siloam Springs. She is survived by a daughter, Glenna Pace and husband Bill of Siloam Springs; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Orgus Glenn; an infant son; and eight siblings. Services were held at Wedington Baptist Church with Rev. Phil Misenheimer and Rev. Doug Brown officiating. Burial was at Wedington Cemetery with arrangements by Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home of Siloam Springs, AR.