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© Chickasha Express~Star Chickasha, Oklahoma Thursday, November 9, 1967 Thomas Goodjones Bennett Thomas "Tom" G. Bennett, 75, of 927 South 17th, died today in Grady Memorial Hospital. He had been in failing health for the past five years. He was born March 24, 1892, at Warrior, Ala. He moved from Texas to Oklahoma in 1909 settling near Rush Springs and had been a resident there for 56 years. He moved to Chickasha one year ago. He married May Dime Merritt, on Nov. 12, 1911, at Rush Springs. He was a farmer and stockman all of his life, retiring in 1958. Survivors include his wife, Dime, of the home; two sons, Perry Bennett of Chickasha and Donald Bennett of Martinez, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Calvin [Laverne] Crow of Rush Springs and Mrs. E. H. [Betty] Copeland of Newcastle; one brother, Joe Bennett of Oklahoma City; 19 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm Sunday in the chapel of the Sevier Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Pendergrass of the United Pentecostal Church, Chickasha, officiating. Interment will be in the Rush Springs Cemetery under the direction of the Sevier Funeral Home. © The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma Monday, November 13, 1967 Thomas Goodjones Bennett Funeral services for Thomas G. "Tom" Bennet were held at 2:30 pm Sunday in the chapel of the Sevier Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Pendergrass of the United Pentecostal Church officiating. Music was provided by. Rev. and Mrs. Pendergrass accompanied by Mrs. Frieda Young at the organ. Other singers were Mrs. Gene Bratcher and Mrs. Bill Pate. Pallbearers were Burly Shaw, Floyd Williams, M. A. Brumley, Lester Brisco, O. B. Copeland, and Robert Teel. Family info--Tom was named after a governor of Alabama, Thomas Goode Jones. This explain why his middle name was "Goodjones"--which he hated and never used. |
© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma Wednesday January 31 1973 Joseph Ralph Bennett Funeral service for Joe Bennett will be held at 10:30 am Thursday in the chapel of the Sevier Funeral Home with Rev. Johnny Freeman officiating. Mr. Bennett was born Dec. 22, 1896 in Vashti, Clay County, Texas. He moved to Oklahoma in 1909 settling near Rush Springs. He has resided in Oklahoma City for over 40 years and has been in the produce business, most of his life, at the Oklahoma City Farmers Market. Mr. Bennett died Tuesday, Jan 30, 1973 in Grady Memorial Hospital. He had been failing in health for the past three years. He is survived by several nieces and nephews. Interment will be in the Rush Springs Cemetery. © The Chickasha Daily Express Chickasha, Oklahoma February 1, 1973 Joseph Ralph Bennett Funeral service for Joe Bennett was held at 10:30 am Thursday in the chapel of Sevier Funeral Home with Rev. Johnny Freeman, officiating. Music was provided by Mrs. James Elston, soloist, accompanied by Mrs. Frieda Young, organist. Nephews serving as pallbears were Billy Bennett, Roy Bennett, Perry Bennett, Bob Bennett, William Bennett and Etzel Copeland. Family info: Parents were Richard and Annie Agnes [Wilkinson] Bennett who came to the United States from Liverpool, England, arriving in New York on the SS Spain on July 12, 1880. Birth date: The 1900 census gives Joseph's birthdate as November 1895, which I believe is correct. |
© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma Sunday, February 15, 1959 Leo Richard Bennett BENNETT RITES SET FOR MONDAY Funeral services for Leo Bennett of Route One, Rush Springs, will be at 2 pm Monday in the Rush Springs Assembly of God Church with Rev. J. L. Christian officiating. Mr. Bennett, 42, died of a heart attack at 3 pm Friday while loading hay at a farm northwest of Pocasset. Born Nov. 23, 1916, in Rush Springs, he lived in Chickasha from 1946-54 and the past four years five miles north of Rush Springs. He had lived in the Little Rush Community and attended school there. He had been a trucker. Survivors are his wife, Marie [Kight] of the home; three sons, David, Richard and Larry; four daughters, Joy, Sherri, Anita and Karen, all of the home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Bennett of Rush Springs, two brothers, Perry of Chickasha and Donald of Martinez, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. W. C. [Laverne] Crow and Mrs. E. H. [Betty] Copeland of Rush Springs. Interment will be in Rush Springs Cemetery under direction of Brown Funeral Home. |
© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma Wednesday, July 11, 1945 Jeanita Lynn Bennett Pocasset Man and Rush Girl Die in Traffic Clifford Casey, 42, Pocasset, and Jeanita Lynn Bennett, 3, of near Rush Springs were killed in two widely separated traffic accidents at about the same time Wednesday noon. [Info related to Casey omited.] Trooper Charlie Rice who was called from Lawton to investigate the Rush Springs accident while Trooper Smith was at Pocasset, told this story of the girl's death: Little Jeanita, two years and seven months old, was standing in the truck seat between her father, Leo Richard Bennett, Route 2, Rush Springs, who was driving, and her mother [Marie [Kight] Bennett]. The latter was holding a 17-months old baby on her lap. The truck hit a rough place in the road, throwing the mother forward. Jeanita fell over her mother's back and out of the truck, which did not have a door. The examining physician told Trooper Rice death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage, apparently the result of the girl hitting the ground on her head. The truck stopped on the girl's body. The body was taken to the Mullican Funeral Home at Rush Springs.
Info from death certificate: Jeanita Lynn Bennett was born December 14, 1942 at Rush Springs, Grady County, OK and was buried at Rush Springs Cemetery on July 12, 1945. Family knowledge--Jeanita was survived by both parents; one brother, David Leo Bennett; one sister, Joylene Cheryl Bennett; paternal grandparents, Thomas G and Mary Dime Bennet; maternal grandmother, Iva Ola Kannedy. |
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News~Star Chickasha, Oklahoma May 31, 2011 Richard Wayne Bennett Funeral Services for Richard Wayne Bennett, 65, of Chickasha will be held Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. in the Ferguson Funeral Home Chapel with Larry Hatfield officiating. Richard Bennett was born April 11, 1946, in Chickasha OK, the son of Leo Bennett and Grace Marie [Kight] Bennett. He died Saturday May 28, 2011, in Chickasha. Richard graduated from Ninnekah High School in 1964. He later moved to Edmond, where, in 1968, he graduated from Central State (now University of Central Oklahoma) with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Social Work. He went on to be employed with the Department of Human Services as a social worker for more than 25 years. On June 11, 1987, he married Charlotte Rutledge. They have since made their home in Chickasha and in Ninnekah. Richard was a country boy at heart. He loved his dogs and loved spending time outdoors. Fishing, gardening, and hunting were just a few of his hobbies. He is preceded in death by both parents; one brother Larry Bennett; three sisters, Jeanita Lynn Bennett, Joylene Cheryl Mack, and Karen Sue Sharpe; and one son, Nathan Charles Bennett. Survivors include his wife Charlotte of the home; three sons, Ronald and Tammy Bennett of Moore, Robert and Kimberly Bennett of Kingfisher, and Jerry and Tammy Bennett of El Reno; one brother and sister-in-law, David and Marilyn Bennett of Lufkin, Texas; two sisters and brother-in-laws, Sherri and Kimes Simonds of Norman and Anita and Randall Richardson of Norman; grandchildren Christopher and Dakota Bennett, also of El Reno; many nieces, nephews, aunts, and uncles. Interment will be in the Rush Springs Cemetery under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home. |
© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma Sunday, September 18, 1983 Larry Dale Bennett Funeral for Larry Dale Bennett, 35, was held at 10 am Thursday, Sept. 15, 1983, in the Brown-Binyon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Larry Hatfield officiating. Organist was Fern Riddles with Clara Phillips as soloist. Pallbearers were James Stephens, Jim Copeland, Ken Crow, H. L. Gayhart, Clark Childress and Brian McClellan. Burial was in Rush Springs Cemetery. Family info: Larry was born June 15, 1948 in Chickasha, OK and passed away Sept. 12, 1983. He was preceded in death by his father, Leo Richard Bennett and a sister, Jeanita Lynn Bennett. Survivors include his mother, Grace Marie [Kight] Bennett; two brothers,David Bennett and Richard Bennett; four sisters, Joy Mack, Sherry Simonds, Anita Ballard and Karen Sharpe. |
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