Ms. Bessie B. Broxton

Bessie B. Broxton was born on December 1, 1948 in Marvin, Alabama. She was the second of three children born to the late Mattie Lou Baker and the late Sammy Dysick, Sr. Bessie transitioned peacefully to eternal rest on Tuesday, November 28,2023. Bessie was a baptized early in life. She was educated in the Phenix City Public School System. She enjoyed school so much that she received certificates for perfect attendance while attending South Girard High School in 1965. After marriage, Bessie worked many years as a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) and began to live a life traveling the world with her children in support of her husband. Always taking with her a heart of gold, she would always tell you what was on her mind and you never had to worry about what she thought of you because she would tell you. With her warm personality, you would not be mad about what she said. Perhaps it was her welcoming smile that made her so many friends. Bessie loved family and she loved dance. Any occasion, birthdays, holidays, Bessie was playing music, dancing and enjoying life. Again, her big, joyful personality made the party, she had signature moves that included hands on her hips and looking back at it. Even as her health declined, her spirit did not. She is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Sammy Dystick, Jr., and sister, Betty Ingram. Those left to cherish her memories are: her daughters, Katrina (Albert) Kirkland, Elgin, South Carolina, Monica (Nicholas) Abeniga, Nigera, Africa, Christina Mitchell (Theodore Reed), Blythwood, South Carolina; one son, Jimmy Perry, Columbus, Georgia; one grandson, Darin D. Smith (GeorChelle Patterson), Columbia, South Carolina; a special caregiver she loved as a daughter, Shanna Goodman; a best friend, Annie Johnson and a host loving family and friends/neighbors and children that affectionately referred to her as “momma”. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 9, 2023 at Peacful Baptist Church, 5230 Fairfield Road, Columbia, South Carolina 29203. Pastor G. Curtis Patterson, Pastor, officiating. Ms. Broxton will lie in-state at the church one hour prior to the service time. Public viewing will be held from 12 noon until 6:00 p.m., Friday, December 8, 2023 at A. A. Dicks Funeral Home Sullivan Chapel. Like our Facebook page: A. A. Dicks Funeral Home - Sullivan Chapel Add our Facebook Friend Page and leave a comment: A. A. Dicks FH

Ms. Bessie B. Broxton

December 1, 1948 - November 28, 2023