Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BENNETT, JUNE OLYCE CLARK August 23, 2015
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News Star World - August 26, 2015
JUNE OLYCE CLARK BENNETT

Funeral Services for Mrs. June Olyce Clark Bennett, 62, of West Monroe, LA, 
will be held 10:00 A.M., Thursday, August 27, 2015 at Family Church in West 
Monroe with Pastor Beck Payne and Dr. Walter A. Bennett, Jr. officiating. 
Interment will follow at Clarks Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in West Monroe, 
under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe.

Mrs. Bennett was born on May 29, 1953 to W.L. Clark and Vernie Long Clark of 
West Monroe and departed this earth peacefully to her heavenly home on Sunday, 
August 23, 2015. She spent the majority of her life in the Twin Cities, 
graduating from West Monroe High School in 1971 and NLU (ULM) in 1976 with her 
Bachelor's Degree in Music Education. Olyce taught music in three high schools 
and twelve elementary schools in her thirty years of teaching. During those 
years she taught numerous private voice and piano lessons. Olyce was a talented 
singer and organized a gospel group "Sonshine" that performed for twenty years 
in numerous churches, concerts and mission trips. She loved doing programs at 
her schools and taking her choirs to sing as nursing homes, veteran's homes and 
programs and other venues.

Eight grandchildren called her "Nonny" and she loved spending time with them. 
Olyce considered each one a blessing from God. She loved teaching them songs 
and games.

"Nonny" was preceded in death by her parents, William Lawrence and Vernie Long 
Clark; father and mother-in-law, Walter and Annie Mae Bennett; and by her 
sisters, Joyce Clark, Frances Price, and Jean Price.

Survivors include her husband of 37 years, Danny Frantom Bennett; daughters, 
Alexia Bennet Bowden and husband, Nathan, Christi Bennett Jones, Melodi Bennett 
Merritt and husband, Kerry; son, Kyle Bennett; grandchildren, Mitch Merritt, 
Emily Bowden, Madi-K Merritt, Mark Bowden, Jude Jones, Kyah Bennett, Ava Mae 
Jones and Ruby Rae Jones; sisters, Faye Meredith and husband, Garland, Rhonda 
LaBorde and husband, Ronnie and Ollie Wink; brother, Raymond Clark and wife, 
Gwen; brothers-in-law, Dr. Walter A. Bennett, Jr. and wife, Marilyn and Maurice 
Price; along with numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Kyle Bennett, Kerry Merritt, Mitch Merritt, Nathan Bowden, 
Garland Meredith and Ronnie LaBorde.

Visitation will be held from 4:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 26, 
2015 at Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe, LA.

Memorials may be made to Gideon's International, P.O. Box 140800 Nashville, TN 
37214-0800.

Online Registry/ Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com

Mulhearn Funeral Home

West Monroe, LA 

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