One Nation, Under God
One Nation, Under God
Party for the longtime Phillips County Resident planned for this Sunday at Malta's Little White Church
Bessie Mae Waters stands in front of her home in Malta on Wednesday afternoon. On Sunday, September 4, Bessie Mae will celebrate her 100th birthday with family and friends at a party held at the Little White Church.
Bessie Mae Waters has seen a lot of things come and go in her nearly 100 years and she has outlived a lot of family and friends.
She was born on Friday, September 8 of 1916 in Benton County, Arkansas to Floyd Richard and Bessie Mae (Shores) Blevins. The family picked-up and moved from Arkansas to Fall City, Neb., in 1924 before heading to Montana in 1927, to Sun Prairie to be exact.
"The early homesteaders who settled Sun Prairie community, almost all of them, were from Benton County, Arkansas, in the early 1900's" Bessie Mae said. "My mom's brother, Charlie Shores, was here and he was one of...
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