From the Feb. 22, 2008, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:
HOLLY GROVE Bessie Marie Kirby, 76, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. Survivors: husband, George Kirby, of Holly Grove; daughter, Mary Ann Hansell (Roger) of Stuttgart; sister, Janie Harris of Blackton; and granddaughter, Misty Hansell of Little Rock. Funeral service: Friday, 2 p.m., Monroe Baptist Church. Burial, Blackton Cemetery, Blackton, Ark. By Brown Funeral Home, Clarendon.
