Bess Wells Paris Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Bess Wells Paris of Platte City, Missouri, who passed away on October 13, 2021, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Bess Wells Paris to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her husband Robert Gum Paris; her son Robert Gates Paris; and her sister Ann Wells White. She is survived by: her daughter Annie Morton Wells (William Gates Wells); her siblings, Janet Paris and Bob Paris; her daughter Ann Frances Paris Jury; her son-in-law Clifford Stephen Jury of Dallas, Texas; her son Samuel Wells Paris; her daughter-in-law Susan Hickman Paris of Brentwood, Tennessee; her grandchildren, Helen Frances Jury, Andrew Wells Jury, Anne Dowl Paris and Lily Gates Paris; her sister Helen Wells Wilson; and her siblings-in-law, Dr. John Edward Wilson and Janet Paris Newman. She is also survived by eight nieces and nephews.
The family requests that for those who may wish to make a memorial gift in Bess's name, please consider the University of Missouri's Truman School of Public Affairs Fund for Excellence, c/o Michael Kateman, 306 Reynolds Alumni Center, Columbia, MO 65211 (https://mizzougivedirect.missouri.edu) or a charity of your choice.
