Mrs. Bessie Elmore Saxon, 82, of Millen died Thursday, August 2, 2012.

She was born in Jenkins County, had been a seamstress for Thomson Company, retired as a food service supervisor for the Jenkins County Board of Education, and was a member of Fair Haven United Methodist Church.

Funeral Services will be at 11:00 am Saturday, at Fair Haven United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Millen Cemetery.

Survivors include her two sons, Walter H. Saxon and Donnie (Ann) Saxon of Millen; a brother, C. Howard (Elizabeth) Elmore of Millen; a sister, Lucille Edwards of Sylvania; three grandchildren, Angie Wilkerson, Tammy Cranshaw and Lynn Brinson, and five great grandchildren, Colton, Chassity and Chase Wilkerson, Bryce and Taylor Cranshaw.

Pallbearers will be Roger Black, Math Johnson, Ed Wilson, Andy Brinson, Darrel Clifton, Johnny Fleming, Joe Law, Jay Elmore, Roy Edwards, and Roy Harris.

Visitation will be from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm Friday at Crowe-Fields Funeral Home.