OBITUARY:  Alfred M. Bennett, 10 Jun 1988 - Coke County, TX

Copied from the Josephine Bird Collection, West Texas Collection, 
Angelo State University - 2 September 2003

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The Observer/Enterprise, Coke County, TX, 

Bennett

Alfred M. Bennett, age 81, a resident of Albuquerque 34 years died 
Saturday afternoon in a local hospital. He is survived by his wife, 
Ruth Bennett and a daughter, Mary L. Bennett, both of Albuquerque; 
two sons, Alfred A. Bennett and wife, Betty Lou of Arkansas, William 
R. Bennett and wife Chris of Tennessee; five grandchildren; five 
great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Lonnie B. Shelton of Texas; a 
sister-in-law, Vera Raney and husband Henry; and brother-in-law, 
Steven Baldwin and wife Naoma; his friend and best buddy, Mary Beth 
Honaker, and companion, Stubby.

Mr. Bennett was a member of Central United Methodist Church and served 
on Administrative Board, as well as, sponsoring the youth for several 
years, and was a member of the Wesley Fellowship Sunday School Class. 
He was a member of the Operating Engineers, worked with the Ultradine
Engineering Laboratory and the Lovelace Research Foundation, and 
belonged to the Zia Roamers and Good Samaritan Club.

Services were held Tuesday, May 24th at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of 
Fitzgerald and Son Funeral Directors, 3113 Carlisle, N.E., with 
Dr. Dick Clemmer, Dr. Harry~Vanderpool and Rev. Davis Edens, 
officiating. Interment followed in Sandia Memory Gardens.

Serving as casket bearers were David Schmuck, Fred Sena, Eldon 
Baker, Norman Kepler, Mario Barela and Jim Manning; the honorary 
bearers were member of the Zia Roamers Club. Memorials may be 
made to a favorite charity.

Mr. Bennett was a resident of Bronte over 40 years ago.

He was a dragline operator at Humlong Gravel Plant, south of Bronte
on the Colorado River near the old railroad bridge.

Permission granted by the Observer-Enterprise for publication in the 
Coke County TXGenWeb Archives.