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William Besant Obituary

TUSCALOOSA | William Henry Besant, Jr., age 89, of Tuscaloosa, died November 19, 2014, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday, November 21, 2014, at Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel with Pastor Melody Traylor officiating and Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Mary Alice Whalen and William Henry Besant, Sr.; his siblings, Ernest George (Buddy) Besant, Mary Alice Besant Roddy, Elsie Besant Perrin, Madeline Besant; his sons, William Carl Besant, James Harmon Besant; and his son-in-law, A. Brand Walton.
Survivors include his wife, Martha Bruner Besant; his daughter, Louise Besant Walton of Birmingham; his son, Christopher Paul Besant (Debbi); his grandsons, Bryan Brand Walton (Liza) of Miami, Fla., Chadwick Palmer Besant; and special nieces and nephews.
Bill Besant was a WWII veteran, a member of Forest Lake Methodist Church, a Shriner with Zamora Temple, and a member of the Dollarhide Camp. A sportsman at heart, Dollarhide, and its members, were an integral part of Bill's life and he immensely enjoyed the friendships cultivated over the years.
Honorary pallbearers are the members of Dollarhide Camp.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made either to Forest Lake United Methodist Church, 1711 4th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, or to Hospice of West Alabama, 3851 Loop Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404.
He will be forever loved and missed, but never forgotten.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Tuscaloosa News on Nov. 21, 2014.

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A. H.

November 22, 2014

Please accept my deepest sympathies.

Mark Powell

November 21, 2014

Chris, so sorry to hear of your and your family's loss. I will be thinking and praying for your family.

November 21, 2014

To the family:
May you find peace from the God of all comfort during this most difficult time.

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