Bessie Henrietta (Walters) Mellard of North Charleston, Charleston County, SC was born on March 25, 1901 in Grover, Dorchester County. She was married to Edmund Simmons "Dick" Mellard, and had children William Herman Mellard, Carolyn Jean Mellard, and Deloris Faye Mellard. Bessie Mellard died at age 85 years old on September 23, 1986 in North Charleston County, and was buried in September 1996 at Carolina Memorial Gardens, in North Charleston, Charleston County.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...