Tammy Bess

TAMMY TERRELLE BESS, daughter of George Smith and Beatrice Williams, was born on July 21, 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland.Tammy, the angel that we all loved, attended Baltimore City Public Schools and graduated from Eastern High School. She then attended Villa Julie College for four years and graduated cum laude. After graduating from college she worked for Johns Hopkins Hospital for a short time in accounting. She then proceeded in her career of accounting by becoming a state employee in the office of the Inspector General as a Management Associate. She was employed at the State Office Building for sixteen years, where she made friends with co-workers and loved them as her family at work (she really liked her job).She was a very, very lovable, warm-hearted wife, stepmother, family member and friend to all who knew her; reading, drinking coffee and keeping her hair looking nice, helping her cousins and neighborhood kids with school projects and homework.She married her childhood friend and neighbor Kennard Bess, their devoted union lasted for seventeen years, in which they both loved each other unconditionally until a fatal seizure took her precious life. She had epilepsy as a child and it continues to effect her throughout her adult life. She was so ashamed and embarrassed about her condition that only a small few really knew.She now leaves to cherish her memory: her husband, Kennard Bess; her stepchildren, Woo-Woo, Lil Kennard and Kee-Kee; mother, Beatrice Williams; grandmother, Beatrice Williams; father, George Smith; three sisters, Nicole (the center of her heart), Angel and Sabel; four brothers, Antonio, Demetrius, Daniel and Dwayne; stepbrother, Paul; five uncles, Samuel, Derry, Guy, Tracy and Mark; four aunts, Darlene, her pal Lisa, Vicki and Valerie (her buddy); loving and devoted niece, Tamika; mother-in-law, Clarice Bess; sisters-in-law, Shelly, Elanda, Becky, Lynn, Barbie, Evette; brother-in-law, Butchie, Melvin, James and Elton; and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her grandfather Sammy and uncle Ikie.

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Tammy Bess

July 21, 1968 - April 28, 2008