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Closing Service
View from the back of the South Side Chapel (Gentry Morrison Funeral Homes).
The end of the service.
Farewell
Farewell.
Son Fayne Outlaw (center) and spouse, Jean, and son, David.

Son-in-law, Tommy Mann (center), and spouse, Sharon, and granddaughter, Sheila Mann Honaker.

Grandsons David Outlaw, Wayne Mann, and Michael O'Riley.
Grandson Michael O'Riley and spouse, Tammy, with whom Aunt Bessie lived during her final weeks. Aunt Bessie died while holding Michael's hand.
Nephew John Robinson (left) and niece Patricia Ford and spouse, Kenneth Ford.

BESSIE OUTLAW, 88
HIGHLAND CITY - Ms. Bessie Merrill Outlaw, 88, passed away Nov. 12, 2007 of heart failure.
Ms. Outlaw was born to William and Alice Robinson on April 17, 1919 in Berrien County, GA. Bessie married Buren Outlaw in 1937, and later moved to Highland City in 1956. She was of the Missionary Baptist faith.
Ms. Outlaw was preceded in death by her husband, Buren, and daughter, Joan Mann. She is survived by her son, Fayne and wife Lue Jean Outlaw; daughter, Alisha and husband Charlie Smart; son in law, Thomas and wife Sharon Mann; grandsons, Michael and wife Tammy O'Riley, Jimmy and wife Pam O'Riley, Wayne and wife Sherry Mann, Richard and wife Kita Mann, David and wife Cathy Outlaw; granddaughter, Sheila Honaker; sister in law, Minnie Robinson; 14 great grandchildren; 7 great great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and caring and loving neighbors.
Visitation will be Sun. from 2-4 pm at Gentry-Morrison Southside Chapel, 1727 Bartow Rd., Lakeland. Funeral services will be conducted Mon. at 10 am at the funeral home.

Arrangementments by Gentry-Morrison Funeral Home, Southside Chapel.
Nephew James Robinson at viewing. He and his spouse Becky hosted an intimate elegant dinner after the viewing and a large open lunch after the funeral.
Aunt Bessie's obituary.