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Bessie Overly
BESSIE OVERLY
Cedar Rapids
Bessie Fern Thompson Overly, 89, of Magnolia, Ky., formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at home. Visitation will be Saturday, March 14, from 5 to 9 p.m. EST and Sunday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST at Dixon-Rogers Funeral Home in Magnolia. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Pleasant Ridge Church Cemetery.
Survivors include her husband, Curtis Overly; daughters, Gayle (Joe) Robbins of Sonora, Ky., and Cynthia (Tracy) Richarson of Center Point; son, Jeffrey (Diane) Overly of Fort Madison; sisters, Barbara (Dellard) Helm and Sharon (Gary) Skaggs, both of Magnolia; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lucy Tipton and Roosevelt Thompson; a grandson, Robert Curtis Eppers; four sisters, Ruby Thompson, Judy Thompson Nelson, Edna Thompson and Lulu Thompson Tummins; and five brothers, Robert Earl, Vernon, Joseph, Clarence and Landon Thompson.
Bessie was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Separate Baptist Church. She was housewife and a loving wife and mother. She was a great friend to her grandchildren. She loved traveling and all sports, especially UK basketball (her "Cats").
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