Bess Mitchell Marron

Published 12:00 am Saturday, August 18, 2012

Nov. 25, 1915 – Aug. 16, 2012

NATCHEZ — Graveside services for Bess Mitchell Marron, 96, of Vidalia, who died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at Columns Nursing Home in Jonesville, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Sam Tomlinson officiating.

Burial will follow under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home in Vidalia.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Marron was born Nov. 25, 1915, in Plaquemine, La., the daughter of Dr. Sam Kaufman Mitchell and Bessie Dill Mitchell. She was a retired executive secretary for Texas Pacific Oil Company in Dallas.

Mrs. Marron was also a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Alman “Bud” Marron; her parents; one daughter-in-law, Dr. Jo Cross Pierce; and one granddaughter, Marisa Hughey.

Survivors include one son, Sam Pierce and wife, Jerri, of Ferriday; three grandsons, Tim Pierce of Tennessee, Patrick Pierce and wife, Robin, of Monroe, La., and Meigs Myer of Ferriday; three granddaughters, Katie McCarty and husband, Marc, of Wisner, La., Margaret Pierce of Baton Rouge and Lisa Willard of Ferriday; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Online condolences may be sent to www.youngsfh.com.