Bessie Louise Vance Gaines Sands Obituary (1922

Mrs. Bessie Louise Vance Gaines Sands, age 89, of Bedford, Kentucky entered this life on October 19, 1922 in Owen County, Kentucky. She was the loving daughter of the late, James & Lucy Florence Glore Vance. She resided her early in Owen County and was a 1940 graduate of Bethany High School. She was united in marriage to Claude Gaines in 1940 and this union was blessed with three sons & one daughter. The family resided in the Brooksburg Community from 1955-1961 and then moved back to Trimble County. Claude passed away on October 20, 1970. She was employed with Charlestown Ammunition Plant and then the Madison State Hospital for several years. She worked for twenty five years with the U.S. Shoe Corporation in Vevay and Madison in the repair department. Bessie was united in marriage on December 2, 1973 to Robert L. Sands at the Milton Baptist Church. She was a member of the Milton Baptist Church for many years and for the past 38 years she was a member of the Scottsburg Nazarene Church where she had taught Sunday school. She was a member of the Jefferson County Civil Defense and the Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary. Bessie was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel and was a member of the Dorcas Circle of King's Daughters'. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother & great great grandmother. Bessie died Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 1:12 a.m. at King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Indiana. A LOVING FAMILY Bessie will be missed by her loving husband of thirty eight years: Robert L. Sands of Bedford, Kentucky; her loving daughter: Shirley E. Brierly & her husband, Robert of Milton, Kentucky; her loving son: John C. Gaines & his wife, Nancy of Milton, Kentucky; her loving step sons: Paul Sands of Scottsburg, Indiana, Steve Sands & his wife, Wilma of New Albany, Indiana, Roger Sands of Scottsburg, Indiana; her loving sister: Glenna Haun & her husband, Bill of Orange City, Florida; her loving grandchildren: Melissa Jo Sharon, Janet Nevins, John Timothy Gaines, Laraina Suzette Shelton, Terri Ann Thorn & Barry Gaines; her loving step grandchildren: Bettina Jo Ginn, Nyles Callis, Leslie Staggers & Melissa Kendall; her loving great grandchildren: Michael Sharon, Jennifer Nevins, Shawn Sucher, Sierra Davis, Kathryn Nevins, Maggie Jo Ginn, Brandon Callis, Ashley Shelton, Trisha Gaines, Samantha Gaines, Alexis Gaines, Logan Gaines, Julia Thorn, Mark Thorn, Ezra Staggers, Molly Staggers & Zoe Staggers; her adoring great great grandson: Kevin Michael Kidwell; several nieces, nephews, cousins & other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, James & Lucy Florence Glore Vance; her first husband, Claude Gaines died, October 20, 1970; her sons, R.C. Gaines & James Barrett Gaines; her grandson, Kevin Michael Nevins. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 23, 2011 at 11:00 a.m., by the Rev. Nelson Spaulding and the Rev. Chris Kendall, at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Moffett Cemetery in Milton, Kentucky. VISITATION Friends may call Thursday from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Friday from 9:00 a.m. until time of the service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease or the Scottsburg Nazarene Church. Cards are available at the funeral home. To send a flower arrangement in memory of Bessie Louise Vance Gaines Sands, please click here to visit our sympathy store.