Bessie Delois

Bryant

Bessie Delois Heartfield-Mitchell Bryant entered eternal rest Thursday, September 7, 2023. Bessie was born on September 7, 1949, in Coffeeville, Alabama , to the late Henry Heartfield and Mattie Pearl Cox. She graduated from Coffeeville High School. Bessie met and married her husband the late Walter James Mitchell, Sr. and to their union were born six children Daughters Cheryl Yvette, Carol, Wanda Lynn, and sons Walter James, Jr., Steve, and Casey LaShaun. Bessie was a dedicated wife and mother. She was a dutiful homemaker caring for and raising her children. After being a homemaker for many years and after her children were adults she worked outside of the home in home healthcare, additionally she worked for various medical facilities and worked for Gayfer's Department Store Shipping and Receiving from where she retired. She also worked as a substitute teacher and drove the school bus.

Bessie gave her life to the Lord at an early age. She attended C&J Holiness Church in Koenton, Alabama. .Bessie was a faithful member of her church and enjoyed serving the Lord and working in her church. Bessie had a passion for singing and sang as a child in a quartet and in her adult life she continued singing. She joined The Church of God Pentecostal after moving to Mobile Alabama in 1984 under the leadership of the Bishop E.D. Davis. Until she moved her membership to The Church of God That Jesus Built, Inc. under the leadership of Bishop George Moore and served as a Missionary until time of her transitioning.

She dedicated her life to caring and loving for her family and for others working in the healthcare industry, but above all she kept the Lord first in her life. She enjoyed cooking for and spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Bessie is predeceased by her father Henry Heartfield, and Mother Mattie Pearl Cox; sisters Dorothy Heartfield Curry, of Detroit, Michigan, Willie Mae Slater of Coffeeville, Alabama, Ethel Thomas of Miami, Florida, and brother Charles Henry Heartfeld of Coffeeville, Alabama, daughters Cheryl Yvette Mitchell, and Wanda Lynn Mitchell-Dawson Eldridge. She is survived by her husband Frank Edward Bryant; daughter Carol B. Mitchell – (Charles) Huggins, of Desoto Texas, Sons Walter James Mitchell, Jr., of Arizona, Steven L. (Calvitina) Mitchell, and Casey LaShaun (Jasmin) Mitchell, of Mobile, Alabama and 19 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Visitation will be held Saturday, September 16, 2023 at The Church of God that Jesus Built 1631 Wolf Ridge Road Whistler, AL 36612 from 9:00 AM until the 11:00 AM funeral service.