Bessie Elizabeth Hedrick, age 78

Lost to gun violence on March 29, 2009 in Carthage, North Carolina.

Photo sources:

• The Pilot Newspaper: Dispatches From the Deadliest Mass Shooting in N.C. History

News sources:

• Pinelake Health Center NC 03-29-2009
• Robert Kenneth Stewart | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
• Bessie Elizabeth Hedrick Poe (1930-2009) - Find A...
• Obituary of Bessie Elizabeth Hedrick | Smith & Buckner Funeral Home
• Carthage nursing home shooting - Wikipedia
• The Pilot Newspaper: Dispatches From the Deadliest Mass Shooting in N.C. History
• Mar 30: Gunman Kills 8 at a N. Carolina Nursing Home (Published 2009)
• WRAL.com: Defense: Stewart doesn't remember nursing home shooting :: WRAL.com
• WRAL.com: Bessie Hedrick :: WRAL.com

Also killed were:

• Jerry Yi Avant Jr., age 39
• Jesse Vernon Musser, age 88
• John Walter "Sonny" Goldston, age 78
• Lillian Nall Dunn, age 89
• Louise B. DeKler, age 98
• Margaret Peoples Johnson, age 89
• Tessie Garner, age 75

Other nearby fatal shootings:

• Carthage, NC - September 4, 2022
• Carthage, NC - November 13, 2020
• Carthage, NC - December 16, 2018
• Carthage, NC - June 24, 2017
• Carthage, NC - January 18, 2017