Bessie Hackman
Posted: March 15, 2018
CALEDONIA — Bessie Mae Betts Hackman died March 8, 2018, in Columbus. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Anderson Grove MBC of Caledonia. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be Friday from 3-5 p.m. at Anderson Grove MBC of Caledonia. Mrs. Hackman was born Aug. 8, 1922, to the late John and Earline Betts. She was a member of Anderson Grove MB Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert (Bill) Hackman; sons, Arthur Lewis Gunter, Billy Joe Hackman and Jessie Will Hackman; daughters, Alice Burr and June Bankhead; sisters, Ollie Mae Gunter, Annie Lee Brown, Gracie Lee Betts, Willie Mae Betts, Hattie Lou Ussery and Lillie Pearl Betts; and brother, Cleveland Robert Betts Sr. She is survived by her daughters, Carlean Williams, Mearlean Nalls, Fannie Will Sharky and Virginia A. Hackman; son, Johnny C. Hackman; 33 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.