Bessie Jefferson
Posted: July 29, 2014
Bessie Lee Petty Jefferson, 87, died July 23, 2014, in Starkville. Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rock Hill United Methodist Church with the Rev. Eric H. Petty officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation is today from 1-6 p.m. at West Memorial Funeral Home. She is survived by two daughters, Flora Cousins of Rockford, Illinois and Ethel Anderson of Detroit; sons, A. Z. Jefferson Jr. of Rockford, George Jefferson of Lakeland, Florida, William Jefferson of Richmond, Virginia, Lincoln Jefferson of Detroit, Alvin Jefferson and Wade Perry, both of Starkville; and one brother, Turner Lee Petty Sr. of Starkville.