IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Bessie

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James

August 31, 1926 – July 23, 2011

Obituary

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Mrs. Bessie K. Russom James, 84, of Somerville and formerly of Obion County, died 2:14 p.m. Saturday, July 23, 2011, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis.

Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Brother James Perry will officiate. Burial will follow in Terrace Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Scott Russom, Landry Russom, Jason Russom, Jeff Russom Jr., Jonathan Russom and Jason Baehler.

The family will receive friends at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home from 12:00 p.m. until the hour of services Tuesday.

Mrs. James was born August 31, 1926, in Bethel Springs, Tennessee, daughter of the late Kenny Webster and Rachel Ann (Ingle) Robinson. She was the widow of A.B. Russom & Murry James. Mrs. James had been employed at the former Brown Shoe Company and was a Pentecostal.

She is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, Ken and Pauline Russom of Smyrna, Jeffrey Russom of Somerville and Bennie and Terry Russom of Union City; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Janice Kay Russom; and her brother, Ward Robinson.

Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home 731-885-1033

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