(From Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home)Mrs. Margaret Ellen Bess, 91, of Webb City, Missouri, departed this life on Monday morning, December 27, 2021, at Spring River Christian Village in Joplin, Missouri, after a recent decline in health.
Margaret entered this life on February 25, 1930, in Rosebud, Missouri, the only daughter of the late A.C. and Sarah Elizabeth (Garrett) Whitworth. She was raised and graduated high school in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Following high school, she furthered her education at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri.
On June 30, 1956, in Portageville, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Lee Howard Bess, Jr. and to this union two daughters were born. In 1966, she and Lee moved their family to Webb City, Missouri. For several years she owned and operated Margaret’s Beauty Shop. She enjoyed singing and playing the piano (a gift she passed on to her daughter, Rayla), caring for others and helping those in need. She was a member of Harmony Heights Baptist Church in Joplin. One of her greatest joys in life was making people laugh and sharing the laughter with them.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lee Bess, Jr. on March 13, 2008; and three brothers, Jim, Glenn and Dean Whitworth.
Margaret is survived by her two daughters, Toni Logan of Webb City and Rayla Kanakis and husband, Jim, also of Webb City; three grandchildren, Adria Trombley and husband, Justin, Shane Logan and wife, Tish and Alex Kanakis and wife, Ashley; four great grandchildren, Rylan, Launa, Aubry and Jaxson; a brother, Kenneth Whitworth and wife, Barb, of South Carolina; a sister by choice, Maymie Williams of Oronogo; and a faithful and loving friend and caregiver, Carol Cobaugh of Diamond, Missouri.
Funeral services are 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 3, 2022 in the chapel of Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home with the Reverend Lee Kanakis and Jim Kanakis officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Webb City. Those honoring her life by serving as pallbearers are Mark Kanakis, Alex Kanakis, John Rousseau, Greg Williams, Greg Wheelen and Norman Wheelen. The family will receive friends on Monday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Memorials are being directed to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation “JDRF” c/o the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of the Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home in Webb City, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lee Bess, Jr. on March 13, 2008; and three brothers, Jim, Glenn and Dean Whitworth.
Margaret is survived by her two daughters, Toni Logan of Webb City and Rayla Kanakis and husband, Jim, also of Webb City; three grandchildren, Adria Trombley and husband, Justin, Shane Logan and wife, Tish and Alex Kanakis and wife, Ashley; four great grandchildren, Rylan, Launa, Aubry and Jaxson; a brother, Kenneth Whitworth and wife, Barb, of South Carolina; a sister by choice, Maymie Williams of Oronogo; and a faithful and loving friend and caregiver, Carol Cobaugh of Diamond, Missouri.
Funeral services are 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 3, 2022 in the chapel of Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home with the Reverend Lee Kanakis and Jim Kanakis officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Webb City. Those honoring her life by serving as pallbearers are Mark Kanakis, Alex Kanakis, John Rousseau, Greg Williams, Greg Wheelen and Norman Wheelen. The family will receive friends on Monday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Memorials are being directed to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation “JDRF” c/o the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of the Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home in Webb City, Missouri.
I'm sorry for your loss she was a very kind woman
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