Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Blair-Stubbs website:

John Elmo Bennett, Jr. 
(April 8, 1944 - December 28, 2006) 

Memorial services for John Elmo Bennett, Jr. 62 of Streetman will be held on 
December 29, 2006, at 3 p.m. in First United Methodist Church in Mexia. Rev. 
Brad Brittain, pastor, will officiate. 

Mr. Bennett was born on April 8, 1944 in Mexia to John Elmo Bennett, Sr. and 
Willa Stewart Bennett, and passed away in East Texas Medical Clinic in 
Fairfield on December 28, 2006. He graduated Mexia High School in 1962 and 
graduated from SMU. He was a CPA and worked for several years for Cooper and 
Lybran in Dallas and Houston before returning home for his private practice. 

He is survived by his wife, Gina Gregson Bennett of Streetman, son and daughter 
in law, John Bradley and Tammy Bennett of Port Bolivar, Texas; son, James Ryan 
Campbell of Streetman, and grandchildren: Katie and Shelby Bennett, both of 
Port Bolivar. 

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Groesbeck Journal
Obituaries - Issue of Jan. 4, 2007

Memorial Services Held Dec. 29 for John E. Bennett 

Memorial services for John Elmo Bennett, Jr. 62, of Streetman were held on 
December 29, 2006, in First United Methodist Church in Mexia with Rev. Brad 
Brittain, pastor, officiating. 

Mr. Bennett was born on April 8, 1944 in Mexia to John Elmo Bennett, Sr. and 
Willa Stewart Bennett, and passed away in East Texas Medical Clinic in Fairfield
on December 28. He graduated Mexia High School in 1962 and graduated from SMU. 
He was a CPA and worked for several years for Cooper and Lybran in Dallas and 
Houston before returning home for his private practice. 

He is survived by his wife, Gina Gregson Bennett of Streetman, son and daughter-
in-law, John Bradley and Tammy Bennett of Port Bolivar, Texas; son, James Ryan 
Campbell of Streetman; grandchildren: Katie and Shelby Bennett, both of 
Port Bolivar. 


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Fairfield Recorder
March 2007

John Elmo Bennett

Memorial services were held Friday in Mexia for John Elmo Bennett, 62, of 
Streetman who died Thursday, December 28 at East Texas Medical Center in 
Fairfield.

Mr. Bennett was born April 8, 1944 in Mexia to John Elmo Bennett, Sr. and 
Willa Stewart Bennett. He graduated from Mexia high school in 1962 and 
graduated from Southern Methodist University. He was a certified public 
accountant and worked for several years for Cooper and Lybran in Dallas 
before returning home for his private practice.

Services were conducted at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, with 
Rev. Brad Brittain officiating.

Mr. Bennett is survived by his wife, Gina Gregson Bennett of Streetman; a 
son and daughter-in-law, John Bradley and Tammy Bennett of Port Bolivar; a 
son, James Ryan Campbell of Streetman; and two grandchildren, Katie and 
Shelby Bennett, both of Port Bolivar.

Arrangements were made by Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home in Mexia.