BENTLEY, ELLEN - Deaf Smith County, Texas | ELLEN BENTLEY - Texas Gravestone Photos

Ellen BENTLEY

West Park (aka Hereford) Cemetery
Deaf Smith County,
Texas

Arthur C.
September 21, 1907-September 20, 1981

Ellen
December 8, 1919-November 7, 1996

In Loving Memory

*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell

*Obituary Arthur C.
Services for Art Bentley, 73, of Hereford, will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Rix Chapel with Rev. Clarence Powell, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, officiating.

Burial will be in West Park Cemetery, Hereford, under the direction of Rix Funeral Home.

Mr. Bentley was pronounced dead at the scene of an automobile accident about 7 a.m. Sunday by Justice of the Peace, France Euler, Friona. Mrs. Euler ruled the death accidental.

Mr. Bentley, a native of Rodney, Texas, moved to Hereford in 1952 from Olton. He married the former Ellen Patrick on Oct. 12, 1938. He was a Baptist.

Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Evelyn Williams and Bertha Sears, both of Hereford, and Barbara Bentley, of Amarillo; two sons, James of Lubbock and Gary of Amarillo; two brothers, John of Hereford and Clyde of Jacksonville, Fla.; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

The family has requested memorials be sent to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch.

(Published in The Hereford Brand, 80th Year, No. 60, Hereford, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1981, Page 2)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Arthur Curtis Bentley
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 33
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 21 Sep 1907
Birth Place: Dawson, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Frost, Navarro, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Frost, Navarro, Texas, USA
Employer: Harold Dozier
Weight: 164
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: James F Bentley
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Arthur Curtis Bentley Self (Head)
James F Bentley Father

Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Arthur Bentley
Death Date: 20 Sep 1981
Death County: Parmer
Gender: Male

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Arthur C. Bentley
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 73
Birth Date: 21 Sep 1907
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 20 Sep 1981
Death Place: Precinct no 2, Parmer, Texas, USA
Father: James Franklin Bentley
Mother: Minnie Bentley
Spouse: Arthur C. Bentley

*Obituary Ellen
Liddie Ellen Bentley, 76, a former Deaf Smith County resident, died Thursday at Palo Duro Nursing Home in Claude.

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in West Park Cemetery with Rev. H.W. Bartlett of Temple Baptist Church officiating. Burial is under direction of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.

Mrs. Bentley was born Dec. 8, 1919 in Rodney. She attended school in Purdon. She married Arthur Curtis Bentley in 1938 in Corsicana. He died in 1981. She was a homemaker and member of Westway Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Gary Bentley of Amarillo and James Bentley of Tulsa, Ok.; three daughters, Evelyn Williams of Opalocka, Fla., and Bertha Sears and Barbara Southern, both of Amarillo; two brothers, John G. Patrick of Corsicana and Bill Patrick of Elkhart; three sisters, Nellie Brown and Ruth Thomas, both of Corsicana, and Minnie Bentley of Hereford; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

(Published in The Hereford Brand, 96th Year, Vol. No. 91, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Friday, November 8, 1996, Page 2)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Liddie Bentley
Death Date: 7 Nov 1996
Death County: Armstrong
Gender: Female

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Ellen Bentley
[Liddie Ellen Patrick]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1919
Birth Place: Rodney Navar, Texas
Death Date: 7 Nov 1996
Father: Thomas A Patrick
Mother: Clara P Bentley
Notes: Feb 1972: Name listed as ELLEN BENTLEY

Contributed on 5/1/22 by neldapat
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Submitted: 5/1/22 • Approved: 5/2/22 • Last Updated: 5/5/22 • R510858-G510857-S3

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