Brooklyn Times-Union/1907/Death of Bessie Rhodes
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Death of Bessie Rhodes.
Bellport, New York; May 28, 1907. The funeral of pretty Bessie Rhodes, of North Bellport took place today at 2 o'clock, from the M. E. Zion Church on Railroad avenue. The Rev. Mr. Smith, the pastor of the church, preached the funeral service and spoke most feelingly of the dead girl and her terrible death, after a long, painful illness, resulting from a kick from her father, "Bill" Rhodes, when in a drunken frenzy about a year ago. Last January, Dr. Bennett, of Patchogue, sent Bessie to St. Peter's Hospital, Brooklyn, where an abscess was removed from her abdomen, and after her release from the hospital, several months ago, she came back to her home here, where she lay a great sufferer, till death relieved her Bessie was a true Christian and died a Christian death. Many Bellporters took a great interest in the girl and aided her in many ways. The interment took place in Woodland Cemetery yesterday In a drenching rain, amid thunder and lightning.
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