Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, August 1, 1993 TAG: 9308020253
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: D2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: ROCKY MOUNT LENGTH: Medium
OBIT BENNETT, GEORGE ALTON
BENNETT, George Alton, 66, of Route 4, Rocky Mount, died Saturday, July 31,
1993, in a Roanoke hospital. Mr. Bennett was a native of Greensboro, N.C., a
son of the late George R. and Thelma C. Bennett. He was preceded in death by
his brothers, Joseph Bennett and Garland Bennett. He served in the U.S. Navy
from 1944 to 1950 in the South Pacific during World War II. He worked in
textile from 1950 to 1977 and then started Bennett Insurance Associates. Mr.
Bennett was a 41 year mason, a Past Master of Isaac Lodge #29 A.F. & A.M.,
Boones Mill, a member of Revolution Lodge #552 A.F. & A.M., Greensboro, N.C.,
Past Patron of Etta Chapter #185 O.E.S., Roanoke, Past Patron and member of
Rebecca Chapter #84 O.E.S., Boones Mill, a member of Elmwood Royal Arch #33,
Baynard Commandery #15, Knight Templer, Roanoke Scottish Rite Bodies and
Choir, Kazim Temple, Past President of the Kazim Chanters, Past President and
member of the Kazim First Aid Unit. He was a member of the Fairmont Baptist
Church, where he served as Sunday School Teacher and was a member of the
Choir. On May 8, 1988, he received a heart transplant at M.C.V. in Richmond.
Surviving are his wife, Katie W. Bennett; two sons and one daughter-in-law,
George A. Bennett II of Greensboro, N.C. and R. Stephen and Suzanne Bennett of
Asheboro, N.C.; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Deborah and Rick Changie
and Tina Bennett, all of Greensboro, N.C., Tanya and Ricky Wampler of Rocky
Mount; nine grandchildren; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Rev. Robert and
Rosemond Bennett of Drivers and Carson and Jane Bennett of Greensboro, N.C.;
three sisters and brothers-in-law, Lucile and Sam Lewis, Inez and John Covert
and Irene and Bill Capps, all of Greensboro, N.C.; his father and
mother-in-law, Roy and Lyda Weddle. Funeral services will be conducted Monday
at 11 a.m. at the Gogginsville United Methodist Church with the Rev. Steven
Greer and the Rev. Robert Schneider officiating. Interment will follow in the
Fairmont Baptist Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests
memorials be made to the American Heart Association, the American Cancer
Society, the Boones Mill Rescue Squad, or the Callaway Rescue Squad. The
family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Flora
Funeral Service, 342 South Main Street, Rocky Mount.
by CNB