Calhoun County AlArchives Obituaries.....Bennett, Edward August 20, 1928
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Charles Edward "Ed" Bennett
Newspaper report of death and obituary 

Charles Edward "Ed" and Fannie Viola Bennett are my grandparents, 
both of them were deaf mute.

Ed had lost his hearing at 4 years of age due to Typhoid fever.
Fannie was born deaf. They meet at the "Alabama School for the Deaf" 
about Sept. 1888. They were married July 1, 1903 in Clahoun Co., Al and 
raised eight children.

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           THE ANNISTON STAR
         Monday August 20, 1928
              Front Page
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             DEAF AND DUMB
             MAN IS KILLED
             BY TRAIN HERE
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          ED BENNETT Meets Death
          Walking  Down Southern
            Track This Morning
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         ENGINEER HOWELL
                  SOUNDS WHISTLE
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     HEAD IS FRACTURED FROM LEFT EYE 
     TO BASE OF HEAD; FREIGHT UNABLE 
     TO STOP IN TIME TO SAVE MAN
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    Ed Bennett, 59, deaf and dumb man, was 
instantly killed by an East bound Southern 
freight train Shortly after 6 o'clock this 
morning when he was struck while walking 
down the tracks, a few blocks South of 
Cooper's crossing.
    According to information gathered by 
ambulance attendants, the engineer, a Mr. 
Howell, blew the whistle and tried to stop the 
train, but was too close to the deaf and dumb 
man.
    Mr. Bennett's head was fractured from the 
left eye to the base of the head, it was said. 
The engine struck Mr. Bennett in the back of 
the head, it was believed.
    Mr. Bennett is survived by his Widow and 
several children.
    Mr. Bennett left his home early this 
morning, but did not say where he was going. 
Members of his family were wondering 
today why he was in that section of the city.
After the train struck Mr. Bennett it backed 
up to the Southern station where an Usrsey 
ambulance met it.
  Mr. Bennett is survived by his wife, four 
sons, John and Henry, of Anniston, Fred and 
Sam who are in the army; four daughters, 
Nancy and Bessie, of Birmingham; Ella and 
Martha, of Anniston.
   Funeral Arrangements were incomplete 
today, but will announced later by Usrey, 
pending advice of relatives.
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           THE ANNISTON STAR
      Wednesday August 22, 1928
                Page 6
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           FINAL RITES HELD 
             FOR VICTIM OF 
             FREIGHT TRAIN
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        Ed Bennett, Mute Who Was 
         Killed Here Monday, Is 
           Buried At Mt. Zion
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   Funeral services for Ed Bennett, 59, deaf 
and dumb man who was instantly killed 
Monday morning when hit by a Southern 
freight train as he was walking down the track 
near the Anniston Packing company, were 
held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at Mt Zion 
church. Rev. Z. R. Carpenter, pastor of 
Carpenter Memorial church officiated. 
Interment was made in Mt. Zion cemetery. 
Usrey was in charge.
 Mr. Bennett is survived by his wife, four 
sons, John and Henry, of Anniston and Fred 
and Sam who are in the army; four daughters, 
Nancy and Bessie, of Birmingham; Ella and 
Martha, of Anniston.
 The engineer blew the whistle, it was said, 
and when Mr. Bennett did not move from the 
track he tried to stop the train but could not 
avoid hitting the man. Mr. Bennett's skull was 
fractured.

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