Bessie M Pearce, 85, of Carrollton, Mississippi, passed away December 5, 2023 at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital in Winona.

Bessie was a lifelong resident of Carroll County,  and she was a graduate of J.Z. George High School. Bessie was a member of Carrollton Baptist Church where she was a Sunday School teacher. She was office manager of the Greenwood Coca Cola Bottling Company for thirty years. After retiring from Coca Cola, she worked in the Chancery Clerks office in Carrollton where she retired for the second time. Bessie loved her family and friends. She will be sorely missed. She loved to watch MSU Bulldogs play football on Saturdays win or loose. She is preceded in death by her grandparents, Jessie and Bessie Riddle; parents, Chester and Jessie Mae Pearce; and sisters, Frances Pearce and Edna Pearce Christopher.

Bessie is survived by her sister, Kitty Ray (Albert); niece, Janet Blaylock (Jackie); nephews, Jeff Christopher and Jerry Ferguson (Christine); and a host of great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews.

Graveside service will be held on Friday, December 8, 2023 11:00 AM in Longview Cemetery. Rev. Lanny Haley will officiate the service. Pallbearers will be Brad King, Stanley "Sugar" Mullins, Buster Mullins, Garrett Holland, Paten McDaniel, and Goerge Allen Lee.