It was a first for Oklahoma, but doubly so, when the first women were elected to serve in the 1920-22 Legislature. Bessie Simison McColgin was the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of ...

WATERLOO - Bessie Mae Cosby, 87, of Waterloo, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, at Community Hospice, Jacksonville, Fla. She was born Sept. 30, 1920, in Canton, Miss., daughter of Oneida and Elijah Nicholson Jr.

Bessie E. Derr, 95, of Reading, passed away Wednesday, March 30th, in her residence. Bessie was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 3, 1920, a daughter of the late Edna M. (Tobias) and Arthur ...

WATERLOO - Bessie R. Esters, 86, of 1022 Cottage St., died Wednesday, May 30, at Covenant Medical Center of natural causes. She was born Nov. 1, 1920, in Wagner, Okla., daughter of Cannon Ray and ...

Queen Latifah had us glued to our televisions Saturday night, thanks to her powerful performance as 1920s blues legend Bessie Smith in HBO's biopic Bessie. And if there was one thing that rang clearer ...

Bessie Hurwitz Betty’ Heilman September 6, 1920 – February 25, 2020 LA MESA Bessie “Betty” Heilman born on September 6, 1920, in San Diego, California, to parents, Benjamin Ely Hurwitz and Eva Burban ...

VERMILION – Bessie L. Major (nee Light), 95, of Vermilion, died Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. She was born October 2, 1920 in Canton and had ...

Piedad Barela OBITUARY Barela, Piedad “Bessie” 1920 – 2012 92, of Denver. Visitation, Friday, 6/1/12, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Rosary, Saturday, 6/2/12, 8:30 am. Mass of Christian Burial, Saturday, 9:00 am, ...

Bessie Lee Allen Pittman, 99, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 7, 2020. She was born in Thomasville, NC on October 2, 1920. She lived at home until moving to Washington, DC in 1941 ...

"The Empress of the Blues" gave voice the listeners' tribulations and yearnings of the 1920s and '30s. A new 10-CD box set collects the complete... The Mythic Power Of Bessie Smith Vocalist Bessie ...

BESSIE N. PHILLIPS, 93, OF BOYERTOWN Bessie N. Phillips, 93, of Boyertown, PA, wife of the late John W. Phillips, Jr. passed away Saturday, March 29, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Exeter Twp.