Obituaries » Bessie L Steed

Bessie Lou Steed was born on November 6, 1941, in Augusta, Georgia. She was the third of twelve children born to Reverend Ned and Mary Howard. As the oldest girl, she helped her mother care for the majority of her younger siblings.

She graduated from Lucy Craft Laney High School in 1960. In 1961, she married her high school sweetheart, the late Leroy Moses Steed (1998);….Obituary.….