Published in the Fort Worth, TX - Star-Telegram 8/14/2002 Bessie Sutton Koonce, 98, a retired teacher, passed away Monday, Aug. 12, 2002, in Arlington. Graveside service: 10 a.m. Thursday in Greenwood Memorial Park. Bessie Sutton Koonce was born Nov. 30, 1904, in Lawrenceburg, Tenn. She was a longtime teacher in the Castleberry school district. She was sister of the Rev. C.A. Sutton, former minister of First United Methodist Church in Arlington and Arlington Heights United Methodist Church in Fort Worth. Survivors: Numerous nieces and nephews and her friends and caregivers at Autumn Leaves of Arlington, where she had resided for the past three years. -- Danny & Nancy Clemmer www.clemmer.org