Obituary of Lessie Mae Sirmon Bennett, Crenshaw, Alabama

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March 2002


Obit of Lessie Mae Sirmon Bennett, Dozier, Alabama. 
Descendant of Daniel Dozier.

Feburary 2002
Transcribed from the Montgomery Advertiser
by Fred H. Bennett on Febuary 24, 2002.

Lessie Mae (Sirmon) Bennett, is my Mother and Daughter of
Rufus Tildon Sermon and Adeline Cornelia (Handley) Sermon.
Lessie was born on 30 April 1907 in Dozier, Crenshaw Co., AL.
On 24 Dec 1935 when Lessie Mae Sirmon. was 28 she married 
Fred Blackmon Bennett.

Lessie worked at the Probate court for a few years in Luverne, AL for
her father who was a probate judge.

Also see: Obit of Fred Blackmon Bennett, Calhoun, Alabama
http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/calhoun/obits/fbennett.txt

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       MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER
     Thurday Febuary 21, 2002
              Page 4B
               and
     Friday Febuary 22, 2002
              Page 4B
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BENNETT, Lessie Sirmon, 94 years
old, a resident of Montgomery, AL
for many years, and more recently,
residing in Opelika, AL, passed from
this life on Wednesday, February 20,
2002, following an extended illness.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Fred B. Bennett, and a
granddaughter, Anna Bennett. Les-
sie was the last surviving member of
the 13 children of Rufus Tildon Sir-
mon and Adeline Cornelia Handley
Sirmon. She is survived by her sons,
Rufus E. Bennett of Opelika, AL and
Fred H. Bennett of Hampton, GA; six
grandchildren, four great-grand-
children; and several nieces and
nephews. She was a devoted mem-
ber of the Church of Christ and wor-
shipped at several congregations in
the Montgomery area over the
years, including Capitol Heights,
Panama Street, the University
Church, and Mt. Hebron. She
also lived for seven years in Bremen,
GA, where she was a member of the
Bremen Church of Christ, and made
gowns for nursing home residents.
During her many years in Montgom-
ery, Mrs. Bennett worked in the of-
fices of both Faulkner University, and
Southern Christian University. She
had a lifelong interest in Christian
education and received the Centu-
rion Award at a Lads to Leaders
conference for memorizing 100 Bi-
ble verses. The family has requested
that contributions be made to
Southern Christian University for their
work with ministerial students, in lieu
of flowers. Funeral services will be
conducted at Leak-Memory Chapel
on Saturday, February 23, 2002 at
11:00 a.m. with Ministers Rex A. Turn-
er, Jr. and Claude Flynn officiating.
The family will receive friends at
Leak-Memory Chapel on Friday
evening from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm.
    Leak-Memory Chapel Directing
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A poem written by one of Lessie's
Daughter-in-law to her memory

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             Mother

She did not have a mansion here,
She has a mansion there.
She did not have a lot of wealth,
But had enough to share.
By the standard that the world holds dear
She'd have been considered poor.
But Lessie Bennett is rich indeed,
It's agreed by all who knew her.

                 Lovette Bennett