Pierce County GaArchives Obituaries.....Sgt. George W. Bennett April 3 1945
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Waycross Journal-Hearld 08/11/1948

     Funeral services for Sgt. George W. Bennett, Jr., age 25, will be held
Thursday, August 12, at 10 a.m. at Ben James Church, northwest of Blackshear
seven miles.  Rev. Huey Dixon of Waycross will officiate.
     Sgt. Bennett was born in Pierce County, October 10, 1919, raised on the
farm and before enlisting in the U.S. Army was an employee of the Service Ice
Co., of Waycross for a number of years.  He enlisted in the army September 2,
1942, was a member of Co. A of the 19th Bn. and the 14th Armored Division.  Was
killed in action against the enemy on April 3, 1945, while fighting between
Saskenback and Nantenbach.  Having been interred in the U.S. military cemetery
at Bensheim, Germany, his body was shipped to this country July 2, 1948, and
arrived in Blackshear Tuesday, August 10, 1948 under escort.  Upon arrival he
was carried to the Darling Funeral Home, Blackshear, where he will remain until
funeral services.  Burial will be in the churchyard cemetery.
     Honorary and active pallbearers will be the Pierce County Post No. 181
American Legion, J. Leon Roberts, Jr., commander.  Graveside military honors
will be furnished by Co. G. 121st Inf., Georgia National Guard, Lt. H.M. Davis,
commanding, of Waycross.
     This will be a firing squad and bugler after which the military escort will
present the flag to the widow of Sgt. Bennett.
     Surviving Sgt. Bennett are his widow, Mrs. Eloise Ammoms Bennett; two sons,
Robert and Carl Bennett of Blackshear; three sisters, Mrs. Dave Hyman of
Waycross, Mrs. Vernon C. Westberry of Patterson, and Miss Maudie Mae Bennett of
Blackshear, and three brothers, Archie and Ernest Bennett of Blackshear and
Melvin Bennett of Waycross.  The funeral cortege will leave the Darling Funeral
Home at 9:30 o'clock.

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