Stone, Bessie - Mantee- Bessie Mae Wofford Stone, 98, passed away Saturday, March 11, 2017, at Cleveland Personal Care Home in Cleveland, Mississippi. She was born December 11, 1918 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi to Ezekiel E. Wofford and Lucy Farrish Wofford. Mrs. Stone was homemaker and a member of Mantee Baptist Church in Mantee, MS. Funeral Services will be Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at11:00 A.M. at Mantee Baptist Church with Rev. William Carpenter, Rev. Clarence Edwards, and Rev. Robert Haney officiating.
Burial will be at Crossroads Baptist Cemetery in Mantee, MS.
Houston Funeral Home will be in charge of all arrangements.
Survivors include her daughter, Martha (Eddie) Causey of Cleveland, MS, one son, Sam (Ann) Stone of Mantee, MS, six grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Bessie is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, William Earnest Stone, one son, Bob Stone, and one brother, Elis J. Wofford.
Pallbearers will be Mike Stone, Glynn Stone, Joey Wright, Stacy Johnson, Andrew Bigham, and John Michael Stone.
Visitation will be Tuesday, March 14, 2017 from 10:00 A.M. 11:00 A.M. at Mantee Baptist Church.
Memorials may be made to:
Bessie Stone Fund
Mantee Baptist Church
P.O. Box 161
Mantee, Mississippi 39751
Friends and family may leave a message at houstonfuneralhomems.com.