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obituary:
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GRANVILLE BENNETT
Funeral Set Today
Funeral services for Granville Bennett, 77, of 1312 1-2 S. Kanawha St., who died at 6:45 p.m. Saturday following a four-month illness, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. today from the Melton Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. E. R. Schafer officiating assisted by the Rev. B. L. Jones.
Burial will follow in Mt. Tabor Cemetery.
He was born at Grantsville, the son of James A. and Sarah A. Bennett.
A life-long member of the Missionary Baptist Church, Bennett was a school teacher for 19 years, served four years as postmaster at Lanark, and was an attache in the House of Delegates and Senate from 1947-53.
Survivors include his wife Gladys Patton Bennett; a daughter, Mrs. Cleo Dodrell of St. Marys, Pa.; four sons, Chloe and Philip of Flint, Mich.; Ralph D. of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Keith of Ripley; and two sisters, Mrs. Lena Miller of Clarksburg, and Mrs. Rettie Frame of Frametown.
The body will remain at the Mortuary until the funeral hour.
Active pallbearers will be James, Walter, Warren and Paul Patton, Glen Daniel, and Gordon Richmond.
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Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, W.Va.
Monday Morning
October 5, 1953
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[Birth certificate]
[Marriage certificate]
[Death certificate]
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obituary:
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GRANVILLE BENNETT
Funeral Set Today
Funeral services for Granville Bennett, 77, of 1312 1-2 S. Kanawha St., who died at 6:45 p.m. Saturday following a four-month illness, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. today from the Melton Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. E. R. Schafer officiating assisted by the Rev. B. L. Jones.
Burial will follow in Mt. Tabor Cemetery.
He was born at Grantsville, the son of James A. and Sarah A. Bennett.
A life-long member of the Missionary Baptist Church, Bennett was a school teacher for 19 years, served four years as postmaster at Lanark, and was an attache in the House of Delegates and Senate from 1947-53.
Survivors include his wife Gladys Patton Bennett; a daughter, Mrs. Cleo Dodrell of St. Marys, Pa.; four sons, Chloe and Philip of Flint, Mich.; Ralph D. of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Keith of Ripley; and two sisters, Mrs. Lena Miller of Clarksburg, and Mrs. Rettie Frame of Frametown.
The body will remain at the Mortuary until the funeral hour.
Active pallbearers will be James, Walter, Warren and Paul Patton, Glen Daniel, and Gordon Richmond.
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Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, W.Va.
Monday Morning
October 5, 1953
page 5
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Family Members
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William George "Will" Bennett
1852–1936
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John Bennett
1861–1927
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Rev James Francis "Fran" Bennett
1863–1945
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Sarah Evaline Bennett Given
1869–1916
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Floyd Day Bennett
1872–1947
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Elizabeth Florida Gay Bennett Friend
1872–1949
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Emory Jackson Bennett
1874–1929
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Retta Lou "Rettie" Bennett Frame
1879–1966
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Lena Adaline Bennett Miller
1883–1958
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