Bessie Bee Davis Cupples, 94, of Henderson passed away April 10, 2022 at her home.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at Pleasant Springs Methodist Church with Josh Cantrell officiating.
Burial will follow in Pleasant Springs Cemetery.
The family received friends at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Crook Avenue from 5-9 p.m. on Wednesday and from noon-2 p.m. on Thursday at the church.
She was born March 20, 1928 on the family farm, on Wilson School Road and had made her home there all of her life. She was the daughter of the late Barry Sanders and Mary Etta Jones Davis. She married Henry Cupples in 1948.
Mr. Cupples was a carpenter and home builderm and she worked a few years at Big John’s Bar-B-Que at Magic Valley and at the Electric Grill for Red and Odessa Austin. She was very active in the Pleasant Springs Methodist Church, serving on the church board and as Sunday school teacher for many years.
She loved gardening, quilting and cooking. She enjoyed playing cards with her sisters and loved to fish.
She is survived by two sons, Larry Cupples of Henderson and Ricky (Tina) Cupples of Henderson; a daughter, Kathy (Victor) Ward of Henderson; 17 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Henry Cupples; a son, Bobby Cupples (1993); four sisters, twin sister, Lessie Davis, Syrina Louise Davis, Lexi Kilzer and Ethel Morrison; and three brothers, Harvey Davis, Robert Davis and James Davis.
