Bessie Backes Obituary

We are sad to announce that on December 1, 2020, at the age of 82, Bessie Backes of Sharpsburg, Georgia, born in Bremen, Georgia passed away. Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of the loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Bessie Backes to pay them a last tribute.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Will Summerville and Etta Lumenack Summerville; and her husband Robert Joseph Backes. She is survived by: her children, Melissa Ann McElroy (Trae), Tony Jerome Willis, Mark Allen Willis (Kathy) and Timothy Eugene Willis; her grandchildren, Samantha Phillips (Sean), Jessica Hagelthorn (James), Cole McElory, Hannah Haberlin (Lee), Will Willis (Lacey), Marisa Stewart Blake Roseborough (Bailey), Tonya McCoy (Caine) and T. J. Willis (Stephanie); her great grandchildren, Logan Fletcher, Alivia Hagelthorn, Lucas Phillips, Levi Hagelthorn, Maddie Hagelthorn, Lily Phillips, Sadie Hagelthorn, Paisley Rae, Bailey Kathryn, Tessa Christine, Elizabeth McCoy and Aiden McCoy; and her siblings, Clara Smith, Bernice Wilkinson and Kenneth Summerville. She is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.