Mary Ann Besson

Mary Ann Besson, daughter of the late Wayne and Wilma (Todd) Casey, was born November 19, 1957 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life on December 19, 2016 at Wilsons Creek Nursing and Rehab facility in Springfield, Missouri at 59 years of age.

Mary was raised in Mountain Grove and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1976. She married Charles Besson on July 3, 1977. Three sons were born to this union.

Mary and Charles moved to Cedar Lake, Indiana. She worked as a secretary for Hanover High School in Cedar Lake for several years.

Mary was saved and baptized as a teenager. While living in Indiana, she attended the Banner of Truth Fellowship church.

Mary greatly enjoyed returning to her Mountain Grove family each summer and each Christmas to spend time together.

Besides her parents, Mary was preceded in death by one son, Brandon Besson, in 2004.

She is survived by two sons, Bryant Besson of Springfield, Missouri, and Adam Besson of Mountain Grove, Missouri, one brother, Mike Casey, and one sister, Martha Moody and her husband, Lonnie, all of Mountain Grove, Missouri, seven grandchildren, Jayden, Gracie, Tyler, A.J., Kaleb, Brooklyn, and Kinslee Besson, and other family and friends who will greatly miss her.