Love Co., OK. - Obit for Bennie Thomas Stinson

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                     Obit for Bennie Thomas Stinson

Services for Bennie Thomas Stinson of Marietta were Monday at 10:30 a.m. in the
Eastside Baptist Church with Rev. David Colaw officiating.

Mr. Stinson was born May 11, 1912, at Marietta, the son of James and Nancy Hart
Stinson, and died July 15, 1999, at Lake Country Manor Nursing Home, Marietta.

A resident of Love County all of his life, Mr. Stinson married Viola Mae Riley
on April 17, 1931, in Marietta. He was a retired farmer and a member of the
Eastside Baptist Church.

Survivors include five sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry and Debbie Stinson and
Kenneth and Pam Stinson of Marietta, James and Kaye Stinson of Beeville, Texas,
Benny and Barbara Stinson of Round Rock, Texas, and Bill and Elsie Stinson of
Copperas Cove, Texas; two daughters, Dorothy Stinson of Marietta and Betty
Smith of Crosby, Texas; 27 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren.

Mr. Stinson was preceded in death by his wife on January 9, 1980; two
daughters, Nancy Stinson in 1964 and Verna Stinson in 1977; five brothers and
four sisters.

Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery under the direction of Kennedy Funeral Home.
Grandsons served as casket bearers.

Source: Marietta Monitor, Love County, July 23, 1999.