Bessie Claude Obituary

We are sad to announce that, on January 16, 2019 we had to say goodbye to Bessie Claude (Columbia, Tennessee). You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Bessie Claude or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her parents, Frank Wilkes and Ruth Armstrong Wilkes; her stepfather James Wilkes; her grandson Domonic Armstrong; her siblings, Terry Armstrong, Stacy Armstrong, Margaret Armstrong-Davis, Brenda Kay O and Randy Radley; her husband Edward Claude; her sons, Tywan Armstrong (Shavonda) and Moncello Prince; her stepson Christopher Claude; her grandchildren, Shaneika Armstrong-Sisson, Natasha Armstrong, Olivia Cole and Oprah Armstrong; her great grandchildren, Kaiston Armstrong, Channel Sisson and Kyson Bullock; her stepgranddaughter Krishauna Fleming; her siblings, Frances "Cookie" Polk (John), Frankie Armstrong, Dorothy "Jean" Armstrong, Shirley Radley, James D. Tracy (Tracy), Leslie Armstrong, Eddie Radley and Steven Radley; her stepsiblings, James Wilkes and Kay Wilkes; her mother-in-law Katherine Claude; her brothers-in-law, Michael Claude (Monica), William T. Claude and Franklin Claude; her aunts and uncles, Mattie Armstrong, Elizabeth Maxwell, Dorothy Claude, Respy Robinson, McKinley Taylor and Walter Claude; her niece Shakiria Webster; and her cousin Martha Gilbreath (Pig). She was also cherished by nieces, nephews, and relatives; and devoted best friend.