Mrs Bessie Gertrude Kirkwood

Mrs. Bessie Gertrude (DeArmond) Kirkwood, 89, of 618 S. Kentucky Ave. died 7:45 a.m. Saturday at Clinic Convalescent Center. Born in Hopkins Co., Sept. 27,1894 she was the daughter of the late Sam DeArmond and Lucy Reno, and a member of the Madison Avenue Holiness Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Acre Allen Kirkwood, in 1947. Survivors include one son, Racel Kirkwood, Madisonville; three daughters, Mrs. Juanita Goodwin and Mrs. Gertrude Odlesby, both of Madisonville, and Mrs. Hortense Wilmouth, Greensboro, N.C.; one sister, Mrs. Kathryn Gregory, Red Land, Calf.; 11 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and four g.g. grandchildren.

Services will be held 3:30 p.m. today at Harris Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Wilford Jones and Rev. Marvin Campbell officiating. Burial will be in Oddfellows Cemetery.

The Messenger Madisonville,Ky.
Monday April 23, 1984

Obituary contributed by: James D Laffoon
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