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- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia, Sunday, January 1, 2006
Sfc Robert E. Bessette
SFC (Ret) Robert E. Bessette, 69, of Ellenwood, GA died at AG Rhodes Nursing Home in Atlanta, GA Monday December 26, 2005. A mass of Christian burial was said at 2:00PM Friday, December 30, 2005 in the Follow Me Chapel at Ft. Benning, GA according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary Macon Road, Columbus, GA. Burial with military honors followed in Main Post Cemetery, Ft. Benning, GA. Mr. Bessette was born August 18, 1936 in Acushnet, Mass. son of the late William Phillip Bessette and Bertha Helen Szala Bessette. He was a 27 year veteran of the U.S. Army serving two tours of Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division. Mr. Bessette was active in the community and his church serving the Latin Rite Mass. He excelled at and enjoyed photography as a hobby and profession. Mr. Bessette was an expert marksman serving on the U. S. Army Pistol Team world wide. Survivors include his wife, Cynthia King Bessette of Ellenwood, GA; three daughters and a sons-in-law, Roxanne Bessette and her husband, Joel Mitchell of Leeds, AL, LTC Corinne Devlin and her husband, Maj. Karl Devlin of DeRidder, LA, Michelle Lewis and her husband, Keith of Derry, NH; one son, Jerauld Bessette of Mukilteo, WA; one brother, Joseph Patrick Bessette of Lakeville, Mass.; sister-in-law, Patricia Bessette; one uncle, Walter Bessette of Prescott, AZ; three grandchildren, Karl Devlin, Jr, Paul Devlin and Robert Mitchell; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made in Mr. Bessette's memory to, Buse of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, Griffin Rd., P.O. Box 196, Elmhurst, PA 18416. Please visit www.striffler-hamby.com to sign the on-line guest registry.
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1936 - 2005 (69 years)