Bessie M

Fields

Obituary

The Life, The Love, The Legacy

of

Bessie M.Fields

May 20th, 1927 ~ January 20th, 2019

" Well, done, thou good and faithful servant; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord "

B essie Mae Moore Fields was born May 20th, 1927 in Flat Rock, Kershaw County, South Carolina to the late Frank and Alice Thompson Moore.  She attended Kershaw County schools and Clinton College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and was certified as a keypunch operator.  Bessie spent fifty years doing domestic work in Englewood, West Chester, New York and the surrounding areas.

August 25th, 1951 Bessie met and married the love of her life Percy L. Fields.  From this union they bore two children, Shirlena Fields-Hopson and Percy L. Fields Jr.

Bessie accepted Christ at an early age and after the family relocated to Englewood, New Jersey, she joined Shiloh A.M.E. Zion Church where she spent seventy years serving the Lord.  Bessie's commitment to God lead her to serve as the Culinary Director, a member of the Alter Guild, Stewart Board of Faith, Willing Workers, Missionary Society, and the Senior Choir. She received numerous certificates and awards of appreciation for her dedicated service.  In addition to her dedicated church life, Bessie was also a member of the Eastern Star Ebenezer Chapter No. 18 serving as Past Matron (1970), AARP-Englewood, the Senior Happenings Club and she was a loyal NY Mets fan.  She enjoyed cooking and was infamous for her coconut cakes.

Bessie leaves to cherish her memories her devoted husband of sixty-seven years Percy L. Fields Sr.; two daughters Shirlena Fields-Hopson of Englewood, New Jersey and Beverly (Karl) Callis-Crudup of Neptune, New Jersey; one son Percy L. (Maggie) Fields Jr of Iowa City, IA; a sister Christine Ryland of Inglewood, CA; two grandchildren, Edmond "JR" Hopson and Isabella "Izzy" Wendler-Fields.  A host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.  Special thanks to her adopted granddaughter, great granddaughter Amy and Jalyn Bulluck.

On January 24th, 2019, Bessie received her Crown of Glory.  She was reunited with her parents Frank and Alice Moore, brothers Frank Jr, Robert, and Pumeroy Moore, sisters Odessa Rhinehart, Curleen Jones, Wileen Moore and Alice "Sadie" Crawford.

Bessie will be missed by those whose lives she touched.  We thank God for sharing her wonderful spirit with us and because of her we can say

"We've been blessed".