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Eugene Burl “Gene” Bennett

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Eugene Burl “Gene” Bennett

Birth
Washita County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
19 Nov 1994 (aged 74)
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Cyril, Caddo County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Funeral services for Eugene B. Bennett, 74 year old Elgin resident and Alfalfa native were Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Elgin. Rev. Jay Lewis, pastor, and Rev. Larry Thomas, pastor of Elgin First Assembly of God, officiated.

Burial was in the Celestial Gardens Cemetery at Cyril under direction of Robbins Funeral Home of Fletcher (now Becker Funeral Home).

Eugene was born April 17, 1920, in Alfalfa, where he grew up and attended school.

He married Mary Evelyn Fillingham, July 15, 1951, in Harrison, Arkansas. They moved to Cyril in 1962, and south of Elgin in 1979. He was a farmer, and enjoyed carpentry and welding. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Elgin.

He passed away Saturday, November 19, 1994, at a Lawton hospital, following a brief illness.

He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, of the home; two daughters, Donna Carol Butler and her husband Harold of Tulsa and Reva Gale Caldwell and her husband David of Newcastle; five grandsons, Myron and Brian Butler, and Jesse, Gene Dillan and Casey Caldwell; and one great-granddaughter, Kristen Butler.

Also surviving are four brothers, George of Alfalfa, Leo of Yukon, Ralph of Oklahoma City, and Orville of Amarillo, Texas, and one sister, Floy Pitt of Hydro.
Funeral services for Eugene B. Bennett, 74 year old Elgin resident and Alfalfa native were Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Elgin. Rev. Jay Lewis, pastor, and Rev. Larry Thomas, pastor of Elgin First Assembly of God, officiated.

Burial was in the Celestial Gardens Cemetery at Cyril under direction of Robbins Funeral Home of Fletcher (now Becker Funeral Home).

Eugene was born April 17, 1920, in Alfalfa, where he grew up and attended school.

He married Mary Evelyn Fillingham, July 15, 1951, in Harrison, Arkansas. They moved to Cyril in 1962, and south of Elgin in 1979. He was a farmer, and enjoyed carpentry and welding. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Elgin.

He passed away Saturday, November 19, 1994, at a Lawton hospital, following a brief illness.

He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, of the home; two daughters, Donna Carol Butler and her husband Harold of Tulsa and Reva Gale Caldwell and her husband David of Newcastle; five grandsons, Myron and Brian Butler, and Jesse, Gene Dillan and Casey Caldwell; and one great-granddaughter, Kristen Butler.

Also surviving are four brothers, George of Alfalfa, Leo of Yukon, Ralph of Oklahoma City, and Orville of Amarillo, Texas, and one sister, Floy Pitt of Hydro.

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