Bessie Maurine (Taylor) Collis, age 85, of Temple, Texas passed away on Monday, April 13, 2020 in a Round Rock care center. She was born on August 26, 1934 in Plainview, Texas the daughter of John and Bessie (Lovell) Taylor.
A graveside service will take place at Bellwood Memorial Park at a later date.
Bessie is survived by her children Ricky Collis and wife Cynthia of Austin, Randy Collis of Austin, Connie Dunn and husband Victor of Temple, and Ronnie Collis and wife Kathy of Fuquay-Varina N.C, grandchildren, Jeremiah Dunn of Austin and Ryan Dunn of Houston, and a great granddaughter Morgan Dunn of Beaverton, OR. She is also survived by her brothers Donald Taylor of Plainview, TX and Windell Taylor of Amarillo, TX and sisters Juanell Newton of Sulpher Springs, TX and Edith James of Bentonville, AR.
Bessie was preceded in death by a daughter Glenna Kay Collis, her parents John and Bessie Taylor, sisters Evelyn Hudgins, Edna Earl Hudgins, and Ruby Birdsong, a brother Charles Taylor, and her grandson Nickolas Dunn.