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Submitted: 12/4/15 • Approved: 1/31/18 • Last Updated: 3/26/18 • R95716-G95716-S3
Harvey
Birth: Nov. 8, 1915
Forestburg
Montague County
Texas
Death: Mar. 16, 1995
Electra
Wichita County
Texas
Harvey Bentley, 79, passed away Thursday, march 16 at his home in Electra.
Services were held 3:30 p.m. Saturday from Totten-Day Funeral Home with Rev. Tom Medley, pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Electra, officiating. Burial was in Electra Memorial Park.
Mr. Bentley was born November 8, 1915 in Forestburg, Texas and had been a resident of Electra for about 60 years. He was a member of the Southside Church of Christ in Electra and was a World War II veteran. He and Christine Hale were married September 3, 1955 in Whitesboro, Texas.
Survivors include his wife, Christine of Electra; one daughter and son in law, Sharon and Billy Beaver of Midland, Texas; one son, Mickey McKnight of McKinney, Texas; two sisters, Lorine Wood of Sundown, Texas and Mildred Craker of Lone star, Texas; grandchildren, Tiffany and David Boncaldo of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Brent and Stefanie Beaver of Lake Kiowa, Texas, and Brad and Preston McKnight of Durant, Oklahoma; and two great grandsons, Vince and Gannon Boncaldo of Tuscaloosa, Alabama._
Electra Star-News
March 23, 1995
Christine
Birth: Mar. 31, 1926
Durant
Bryan County
Oklahoma
Death: Dec. 24, 1997
Stroud
Lincoln County
Oklahoma
Christine Laverne Bentley, 71, died Wednesday, December 24, 1997 in Stroud, Oklahoma.
Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Saturday, December 27, 1997 from Duttbn Funeral Home with Rev. Tom Medley, pastor, First United Methodist Church of Electra officiated. Interment was in Electra Memorial Park.
Mrs. Bentley was born March 31, 1926 in Durant, Oklahoma. She had lived in Electra for the past 42 years moving here from Sherman, Texas. She was the owner of Bentley's Dept. Store, and was preceded in death by her husband Harvey in 1995.
Survivors include one son, Mickey McKnight of Piano, Texas; one daughter and son in law, Sharon and Billy Beavers of Midland, Texas; one sister, Bonnie Jean James of Stillwater, Ok.; two nephews, Richard James of Lake Jacksboro, Texas and Terry James of McKinney, Texas; four grandchildren; three great grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church Youth Group, Electra, Texas 76360._
Electra Star-News
January 1, 1998
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