He was the owner of the Williamstown - Lumber and Hardware Store from 1920 to 1958 when he sold the firm.
He was a 50-year member of Grant Lodge No 85 F and AM and for 45 years was a director of the Grant County Deposit Bank. He was president of the bank from 1951 to 1954.
He was an honorary member of the State Methodist Church Board and was a member of the Williamstown United Methodist Church where he served as Sunday School superintendent for many years
He was a veteran of World War I and currently was serving his fifth term on the Williamstown City Council. He was the first executive director of the Williamstown Housing Commission and was a Grant County Democratic Party leader.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Cornelia Conrad Bennett, three daughters, Mrs. Eloise Roberts - Danville, KY; Mrs. Ruth Barriers - Alexandria, VA; and Mrs. Virginia Alford Erlanger, two sisters, Mrs. P. L. Clements, and Miss Martha Bennett - Lexington, KY; a brother, F. G. Bennett - Jackson, MS; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at 2 pm Friday In the Williamstown United Methodist Church.
Burial will be in the Williamstown Cemetery.
The body is at the Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 pm Thursday.
The Lexington Herald Lexington, Kentucky
14 Nov 1973, Wed Page 20
Contributor 47423182
Contributor: JeffG (47423182) • [email protected]
He was the owner of the Williamstown - Lumber and Hardware Store from 1920 to 1958 when he sold the firm.
He was a 50-year member of Grant Lodge No 85 F and AM and for 45 years was a director of the Grant County Deposit Bank. He was president of the bank from 1951 to 1954.
He was an honorary member of the State Methodist Church Board and was a member of the Williamstown United Methodist Church where he served as Sunday School superintendent for many years
He was a veteran of World War I and currently was serving his fifth term on the Williamstown City Council. He was the first executive director of the Williamstown Housing Commission and was a Grant County Democratic Party leader.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Cornelia Conrad Bennett, three daughters, Mrs. Eloise Roberts - Danville, KY; Mrs. Ruth Barriers - Alexandria, VA; and Mrs. Virginia Alford Erlanger, two sisters, Mrs. P. L. Clements, and Miss Martha Bennett - Lexington, KY; a brother, F. G. Bennett - Jackson, MS; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at 2 pm Friday In the Williamstown United Methodist Church.
Burial will be in the Williamstown Cemetery.
The body is at the Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 pm Thursday.
The Lexington Herald Lexington, Kentucky
14 Nov 1973, Wed Page 20
Contributor 47423182
Contributor: JeffG (47423182) • [email protected]
Family Members
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John Patterson Bennett
1874–1963
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Ola Bennett Stingily
1876–1967
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Katherine Baird "Kate" Bennett Thames
1878–1971
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Donna Josephine Bennett Clark
1883–1966
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Charles Smith "Charley" Bennett
1885–1973
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Lewis W Bennett
1887–1959
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Fontaine Gipson "Gipson" Bennett
1892–1981
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Martha Ellington "Ellie" Bennett
1895–1982
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Ethel Ellis Bennett Clements
1898–1989
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