Bessie Whitson
PANAMA - Bessie M. Whitson, 99, of Panama died Sunday, Sept. 3, 2000, at a Fort Smith hospital. She was a caregiver.
Funeral will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Poteau with burial at
Dog Creek Cemetery in the Dog Creek Community in Oklahoma under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home of Poteau.
She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Loretha Whitson of Oklahoma City; two grandchildren, Ricky Whitson of Oklahoma City and Sharon Landers of Dallas; two great-grandchildren; two nephews, Clyde and Jay Johnson, both of Dog Creek; four great-nephews, Roy and Timothy Johnson of Dog Creek, Vernon Johnson of Panama and James Johnson of Sunset Corner, Okla.; and one great-niece, Melinda Lamberson of Dog Creek.
[National Obituary Archive: Bessie Whitson Born: 9/17/1900 Died: 9/3/2000 Residence: Panama, OK]