Bessie M. Wilson

9/12/1938 – 10/10/2019

Age 81 – Preceded by husband; Lafayette Wilson; parents, Willie & Minnie Smith; daughter, Charlotte Briggs and great granddaughter, Paris M. Smith. Survived by children: Dr. Barbara F. Turnage, Dennis E. Turnage, Evelyn Bullock (Wayne), Stevie K. Smith, Tammy Smith; 13 grandchildren; 28 great grandchildren; sisters; Minnie Warren, Jimmie Ruth Hudson; brothers; Willie C. Smith, Jimmy Taylor (Ida) and a host of other loving family and friends. Visitation: 9:00 – 10:00 AM Thursday at mortuary. Funeral Service: 10:00 AM Thursday at Roeder Mortuary- Ames Chapel. Inurnment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Memorials to Douglas County Health Center, 4101 Woolworth Ave, Omaha, NE 68105.

Roeder Mortuary, Inc. – Ames Chapel – 4932 Ames Ave – Omaha, NE

402-453-5600 www.RoederMortuary.com