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Ira Bennett

Birth
Bogota, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
Death
7 Nov 1969 (aged 57)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.1745509, Longitude: -89.6679657
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Services were held in the Dean Funeral Home Chapel Monday morning for Ira Bennett, 57, who died at the Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Friday, November 7. Ray Benefield officiated and burial was in Pemiscot County Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Bennett was born February 24, 1912 in Bogota, Tenn., the son of Sam and Sadie French Bennett. He came to Missouri at the age of five years and had lived in Caruthersville for many years, working as a mechanic and service foreman for various automobile agencies.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Margie Bennett of the home; two daughters, Jerry Renee Bennett of Caruthersville and Mrs. Wanda Roe of Marietta, Ga.; one son, Jack Bennett of Wentzville, Mo.; his mother, Mrs. Sadie Bennett of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Melissa Faircloth of Memphis and Mrs. Viola Jackson of Peoria, Ill.; and four brothers, Cecil and Lonnie Bennett of Caruthersville, Virgil Bennett of Peoria and Ben Bennett of Bogota.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - Thursday, November 13, 1969

FATHER: Sam Bennett (1878-1957)
MOTHER: Sadie Elizabeth French Bennett (1892-1986)

BROTHER: Lonnie E. Bennett (1905-1974)
BROTHER: Earl Cecil Bennett (1915-1971) Both interred in Little Prairie Cemetery, Caruthersville, Mo.

NOTE: Obit states he was interred in Pemiscot Memorial Gardens, headstone found in Little Prairie Cemetery, Caruthersville, Mo.
Services were held in the Dean Funeral Home Chapel Monday morning for Ira Bennett, 57, who died at the Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Friday, November 7. Ray Benefield officiated and burial was in Pemiscot County Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Bennett was born February 24, 1912 in Bogota, Tenn., the son of Sam and Sadie French Bennett. He came to Missouri at the age of five years and had lived in Caruthersville for many years, working as a mechanic and service foreman for various automobile agencies.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Margie Bennett of the home; two daughters, Jerry Renee Bennett of Caruthersville and Mrs. Wanda Roe of Marietta, Ga.; one son, Jack Bennett of Wentzville, Mo.; his mother, Mrs. Sadie Bennett of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Melissa Faircloth of Memphis and Mrs. Viola Jackson of Peoria, Ill.; and four brothers, Cecil and Lonnie Bennett of Caruthersville, Virgil Bennett of Peoria and Ben Bennett of Bogota.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - Thursday, November 13, 1969

FATHER: Sam Bennett (1878-1957)
MOTHER: Sadie Elizabeth French Bennett (1892-1986)

BROTHER: Lonnie E. Bennett (1905-1974)
BROTHER: Earl Cecil Bennett (1915-1971) Both interred in Little Prairie Cemetery, Caruthersville, Mo.

NOTE: Obit states he was interred in Pemiscot Memorial Gardens, headstone found in Little Prairie Cemetery, Caruthersville, Mo.


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  • Created by: wanda
  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42509440/ira-bennett: accessed ), memorial page for Ira Bennett (24 Feb 1912–7 Nov 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42509440, citing Little Prairie Cemetery, Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by wanda (contributor 47041557).