Bessie “Bess” Joyce Sticker, 86, of Nederland, Texas passed away Thursday, January 25, 2018.  She was born February 20, 1931 in Port Acres, Texas to the late Walter and Mable Comeaux Dupuis.  Bess was the owner of Deck the Walls.  She was married to the late Ronald Lee Sticker for 65 years.  Bess was a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland, Texas.

Bess is survived by her children, Ronald W. Sticker of Vidor, Texas, Karen Buckner of Beaumont, Texas, Mike Sticker of Lumberton, Texas, and Walter Sticker and his wife Lynn of Beaumont, Texas; her sisters, Betty Guillory of Clinton, Louisiana, Wanda Symmonds of Houston, Texas, and Patricia Dupuis of Nederland, Texas; her brother, Larry Gene Dupuis, Sr.; 9 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; and a host of loving nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by parents; her husband of 65 years, Ronald Lee Sticker; and her brothers, Walter Dupuis “Little Walter” and Douglas Dupuis.

A gathering of family and friends will be held Sunday, January 28, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with a rosary being recited at 6:00 p.m. at Melancon’s Funeral Home in Nederland, Texas.  A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Monday, January 29, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland, Texas. Interment will be at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches, Texas.