LOUISBURG, NC - Graveside services for Bessie J. Kelly Thorne, age 73, who died on Thursday, March 9, 2021, will be held on Monday, March 15, at 2 p.m. from the Thorne Family Cemetery in Louisburg with Rev. Ron Clifton officiating.

She is survived by her children, Brenda Olene Whittenburg (Cary) of Arlington, VA; two sons, Johnny Watson Jr. of Arlington, VA and James Jerome Watson (Shawn) of Manassas, VA; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Viewing will be Monday afternoon from 1 until 2 p.m. at the Thorne Family Cemetery, 197 Egypt Church Road, Louisburg.

Arrangements by Richardson Funeral Home.