DANVILLE - Elmer "Bubbie" Bennett, 75, of 77 Fairfield Ave., died Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, at Danville Regional Medical Center. He had been in declining health since last April.
Born May 16, 1931, in Bassett, he was the son of the late Oscar Bennett and the late Hettie Bailey Bennett.
He was a member of the Glorious Church of the Living God. Most of his life was spent in Danville, and he worked for 27 years as a mechanic for the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company. He served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War.
He was married to the late Ella Burton Ford Bennett, who died Dec. 29, 1987.
He is survived by a daughter, Donna Bennett Harrah of Ringgold; two sons, Ellis Norman Bennett of Bachelors Hall and Ricky Donald Bennett of Danville; three sisters, Lessie Hatcher of Martinsville, Louise Reynolds of Norfolk, and Sarah Bennett Martin of Portsmouth; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by four brothers, Ellis Ramsey Bennett, Edmond Bennett, Robert Lee Bennett, and Frank Marshall Bennett.
The funeral will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at Swicegood Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Kevin Emerson and the Rev. Hassell Priddy officiating. Interment will follow at Danville Memorial Gardens with military honors conducted by American Legion Dan River Post 1097.
The family will receive friends 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Swicegood Funeral Home.
Swicegood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Published in Danville and Rockingham County from August 7 to August 8, 2006
Born May 16, 1931, in Bassett, he was the son of the late Oscar Bennett and the late Hettie Bailey Bennett.
He was a member of the Glorious Church of the Living God. Most of his life was spent in Danville, and he worked for 27 years as a mechanic for the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company. He served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War.
He was married to the late Ella Burton Ford Bennett, who died Dec. 29, 1987.
He is survived by a daughter, Donna Bennett Harrah of Ringgold; two sons, Ellis Norman Bennett of Bachelors Hall and Ricky Donald Bennett of Danville; three sisters, Lessie Hatcher of Martinsville, Louise Reynolds of Norfolk, and Sarah Bennett Martin of Portsmouth; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by four brothers, Ellis Ramsey Bennett, Edmond Bennett, Robert Lee Bennett, and Frank Marshall Bennett.
The funeral will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at Swicegood Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Kevin Emerson and the Rev. Hassell Priddy officiating. Interment will follow at Danville Memorial Gardens with military honors conducted by American Legion Dan River Post 1097.
The family will receive friends 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Swicegood Funeral Home.
Swicegood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Published in Danville and Rockingham County from August 7 to August 8, 2006
DANVILLE - Elmer "Bubbie" Bennett, 75, of 77 Fairfield Ave., died Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, at Danville Regional Medical Center. He had been in declining health since last April.
Born May 16, 1931, in Bassett, he was the son of the late Oscar Bennett and the late Hettie Bailey Bennett.
He was a member of the Glorious Church of the Living God. Most of his life was spent in Danville, and he worked for 27 years as a mechanic for the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company. He served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War.
He was married to the late Ella Burton Ford Bennett, who died Dec. 29, 1987.
He is survived by a daughter, Donna Bennett Harrah of Ringgold; two sons, Ellis Norman Bennett of Bachelors Hall and Ricky Donald Bennett of Danville; three sisters, Lessie Hatcher of Martinsville, Louise Reynolds of Norfolk, and Sarah Bennett Martin of Portsmouth; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by four brothers, Ellis Ramsey Bennett, Edmond Bennett, Robert Lee Bennett, and Frank Marshall Bennett.
The funeral will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at Swicegood Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Kevin Emerson and the Rev. Hassell Priddy officiating. Interment will follow at Danville Memorial Gardens with military honors conducted by American Legion Dan River Post 1097.
The family will receive friends 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Swicegood Funeral Home.
Swicegood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Published in Danville and Rockingham County from August 7 to August 8, 2006
Born May 16, 1931, in Bassett, he was the son of the late Oscar Bennett and the late Hettie Bailey Bennett.
He was a member of the Glorious Church of the Living God. Most of his life was spent in Danville, and he worked for 27 years as a mechanic for the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company. He served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War.
He was married to the late Ella Burton Ford Bennett, who died Dec. 29, 1987.
He is survived by a daughter, Donna Bennett Harrah of Ringgold; two sons, Ellis Norman Bennett of Bachelors Hall and Ricky Donald Bennett of Danville; three sisters, Lessie Hatcher of Martinsville, Louise Reynolds of Norfolk, and Sarah Bennett Martin of Portsmouth; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by four brothers, Ellis Ramsey Bennett, Edmond Bennett, Robert Lee Bennett, and Frank Marshall Bennett.
The funeral will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at Swicegood Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Kevin Emerson and the Rev. Hassell Priddy officiating. Interment will follow at Danville Memorial Gardens with military honors conducted by American Legion Dan River Post 1097.
The family will receive friends 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Swicegood Funeral Home.
Swicegood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Published in Danville and Rockingham County from August 7 to August 8, 2006
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