Bessie Stapleton, 93, of Fort Collins, Colorado, passed from this life on October 21, 2018.
Bessie was born on May 5, 1925 in San Augustine, Texas to Jim Thomas and Mollie Chumley Berry. She married L.C. Curley Stapleton on October 28, 1950 in Weatherford, Texas. She was a waitress for most of her life and began her career waitressing in the shipyards of Orange, Texas during WW2. She loved hugs and kisses from the people she loved and gardening. She was a member of the Assemblies of God. She was preceded in death by her husband; granddaughter: April Shaw; and grandson: Michael Shaw. She is survived by daughters Vickie Stapleton and Theresa Shaw and 4 grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 1, 2018 at Hampton Vaughan Crestview Funeral Home. Interment will be Saturday, November 3, 2018, at Liberty Hill Cemetery near San Augustine, Texas.