Kay County OK Obit for: Rosemary (Billingsley) Bennett
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Date submitted: 1/25/2003
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Jan. 16

Rosemary Bennett
Rosemary Bennett, 61, Stillwater, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, at her home. 
Services are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Sunnybrook Christian Church 
with the Rev. Kent Williams and Manny Loveall officiating. Interment will be at 
2 p.m. at the Resthaven Sunset Memorial Park in Ponca City. 

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Strode Funeral Home.

Bennett was born May 6, 1941, in Shidler, to Charles Lloyd Billingsley Sr. and 
Zelma Haley Billingsley. She graduated from Shidler High School in 1959. After 
graduating high school, she married Eugene N. Smith June 9, 1959, in Shidler. 
The couple moved to South Dakota for a short period of time. They then moved 
back to the Shidler area and she went to work for the Shidler Telephone Company. 

Then in 1987, she moved to Ponca City, where she worked for Dr. Glasscock. After 
leaving her position with Dr. Glasscock, she went to work for Nickles Machine as 
the personnel manager. Later, after her divorce from Eugene, Bennett met and 
married Warren Bennett Sept. 9, 1988, in Ponca City.

At this time, Bennett went to work for the Oklahoma Employment Service as an 
interviewer. In June 2001, she retired so that she could take care of her 
mother. She loved to cook and sew. She also loved spending time with her friends 
and especially with her family and grandchildren. She was a member of the 
Sunnybrook Christian Church.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Charles Lloyd Billingsley 
Jr., son, Phillip Eugene Smith, and daughter, Kay Ellen Smith.

Bennett is survived by her husband, Warren Bennett of the home; one son, James 
Lloyd Smith, Blackwell; daughter, Kelly Smith-Troutman, Ponca City; two step-
sons, Adam Bennett, Chandler, N.C., and Victor Bennett, Ponca City; and two 
step-daughters, Kelly Payne, Ponca City, and Kenda Davis, New York City, N.Y.; 
nephew, Michael Billingsley, Amarillo, Texas; nieces, Stacey Bowen, Newkirk, 
Beth Leven, Newkirk; sister-in-law, Shirley Billingsley, Newkirk; and her uncle, 
William Haley and wife Doris, St. Matthews, S.C..

Pallbearers will be James Smith, Tyler Smith, Rob Morgan, John Leven, Keith 
Bowen and Mike Daugherty.

Memorials can be made o the Judith Karman Hospice, P.O. Box 818, Stillwater, 
74076. 

Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at strodefh@aol.com
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