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Bessie Mae Carr

2 Dec 1890 – 20 Oct 1966

Birth	2 Dec 1890
Death	20 Oct 1966
Cemetery	Whitt Cemetery Whitt , Parker County , Texas , USA
Added by	LADONNA GREER COLLETT on 11 Aug 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72242077

Bio

Bessie Mae Carr was a retired art teacher (46 years). 43 years for the Dallas Independent School District. Teaching at the old Silverstein Elementary School on Pine Street in Dallas for 28 years. Her one and only true love was killed in action during World War I. She never married, she truly became the monarch of the Carr family after the death of her mother. She became the mother to all her family being the oldest of 10 children, she was a great teacher of the arts and in life. She was a charter member of the Colonial Baptist Church in Dallas. The library at the church was named the "The Bessie M. Carr Library" in her honor. A portrait of the church that she painted is still on display at the church.

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Family

Parents

• Green Berry Carr 1854–1930
• Sarah B Easley "Sallie" Johnston Carr 1869–1946

Siblings

• Charles Hubert Carr 1893–1941
• George Worth Carr 1895–1972
• James Mack "Jim" Carr 1898–1984
• Norvesta Melocky Southern "Vesta" Carr Burton 1901–1983
• Janie Cloud Carr Cates 1901–1976
• Laura Elizabeth Carr 1903–1987
• Robert Edward Carr 1906–1973
• Herman Olief Carr 1908–1964
• William Wilson "Bill" Carr 1910–1994

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