Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bennett, Katie Elizabeth "Betty" Boykin June 17, 2013 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 October 6, 2021, 12:41 pm The Berrien Press - June 23, 2013 Katie Elizabeth "Betty" Bennett, 86, of Nashville died June 17, 2013, at Berrien Nursing Center. She was born on November 8, 1926 in Berrien County to the late William M. and Mary Brown Boykin. She was a homemaker, had worked at Nashville Textile, and was employed by the Berrien County Board of Education as a crossing guard for many years. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by four sisters, Jewell B. Mathis, Joyce B. Chapple, Stella B. Cox, Nellie B. Bailey; two brothers, J.R. Boykin and Jack D. Boykin; and a granddaughter, Paula Elizabeth Stone. She is survived by her husband, Marcus Edgar Bennet of Nashville; four daughters, Wanda (Lester) Brookshire of Rome, Becky (Rev. Steve) Davis of Hinesville, Mary (Rev. Freddie) Stone of Nashville and Joye Bennett of Nashville; two sisters, Jane B. Griner of Jasper, FL and Polly B. Hendrix of Evans; 9 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, one great-great-granddaughter. Funeral services were held June 19 at 3 p.m. in the Chapel of Lovein Funeral Home with the Revs. Jackie Connell and Ed Gilliard officiating. Steve Davis sang "In the Garden," accompanied by Waunell Nichols. Interment was in Westview Cemetery. Pallbearers were Cory Harrelson, Adam Davis, Kenneth Stone, Will Dasher, Keith Stone, Timothy Stone, J.W. Harrelson, Josh Ott. Lovein Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/b/bennett5971nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb