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Submitted: 9/11/20 • Approved: 9/11/20 • Last Updated: 9/14/20 • R351331-G0-S3
March 24, 1910-June 29, 1959
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER, July 1 - Funeral services for Elmer W. Bennett, 49, of Stinnett, were held at 2:30 p.m. today in the First Methodist Church here. The Rev. Wilbur Gaede, pastor, officiated.
Burial was in Stinnett Cemetery under direction of Minton Funeral Home of Borger.
Mr. Bennett was pronounced dead on arrival at North Plains Hospital shortly after he suffered a heart attack at his home.
He was a member of the First Methodist Church in Stinnett and had been a resident there for eight years. He was a plumber with Curly's Hardware and Appliance in Stinnett.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Paula Gern [sic] Kizzlar of Spearman; a son, Johnny W. with the U.S. Navy in Philadelphia; a sister, Mrs. Jessie Witt of Perryton; two brothers, Dean of Perryton and Raymond of Fort Worth; and three grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 1 Jul 1959, Wed - Page 4)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Elmer Woodson Bennett
Death Date: 29 Jun 1959
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 33509
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Elmer Woodson Burnett
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 49
Birth Date: 24 May 1910
Birth Place: Branson, Missouri
Residence: Stinnett, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 29 Jun 1959
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: J W Bennett
Mother: Cecil Callie Rhodes
Name: Elmer Weedson Bennett
Death date: 29 Jun 1959
Death place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 49 years
Estimated birth year:
Birthdate: 24 May 1910
Birthplace: Branson, Mo.
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name:
Father's name: J.W. Bennett
Father's birthplace:
Mother's name: Cecel Callie Rhodes
Mother's birthplace:
Occupation: Lumber, Hdw, Appliances
Residence: Stinnett, Hutchinson, Texas
Cemetery name: Stinnett
Burial place: Stinnett, Tex.
Burial date: 01 Jul 1959
Additional relatives: X
Film number: 2115900
Digital GS number: 4165924
Image number: 3086
Reference number: v X cn 33509
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Death certificate cause of death: myocardial infarction
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