Parents: Bennett Downs "Ben" Cecil, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Johnson.
Husband of Margaret Ruth Bickett.
Bennett served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam in the U. S. Navy.
The Courier-Journal, Monday, 7/19/1971.
SHOTGUN ACCIDENT KILLS LOUISVILLIAN - A 51-year-old Louisville man was killed in a hunting accident Saturday at St. Mary, Ky., when he slipped on an embankment, causing his shotgun to discharge. Marion County Coroner John Wathen said Bennett Cecil Jr., 1102 English Ave., died about 11:45 a.m. of a gunshot wound in the chest. Cecil was hunting on property adjoining his brother's farm in St. Mary when the accident occurred, police said. He was retired from the Navy. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruth Bickett Cecil; two sons, Bennett D. Cecil III and Michael Cecil, and a daughter, Miss Susan Cecil, all of Louisville. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in St. Charles Catholic Church at St. Mary. The body will be at the Bosley Funeral Home in Lebanon, Ky. today.
Section B; Card 20; # 340, in the book about St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Cemetery by Gerald Thompson.
Note, per D & D Bohn, The inscription on his stone: + BENNETT DOWNS CECIL JR KENTUCKY CWO US NAVY WORLD WAR II KOREA VIETNAM JUNE 10, 1920 - JULY 17, 1971.
Husband of Margaret Ruth Bickett.
Bennett served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam in the U. S. Navy.
The Courier-Journal, Monday, 7/19/1971.
SHOTGUN ACCIDENT KILLS LOUISVILLIAN - A 51-year-old Louisville man was killed in a hunting accident Saturday at St. Mary, Ky., when he slipped on an embankment, causing his shotgun to discharge. Marion County Coroner John Wathen said Bennett Cecil Jr., 1102 English Ave., died about 11:45 a.m. of a gunshot wound in the chest. Cecil was hunting on property adjoining his brother's farm in St. Mary when the accident occurred, police said. He was retired from the Navy. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruth Bickett Cecil; two sons, Bennett D. Cecil III and Michael Cecil, and a daughter, Miss Susan Cecil, all of Louisville. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in St. Charles Catholic Church at St. Mary. The body will be at the Bosley Funeral Home in Lebanon, Ky. today.
Section B; Card 20; # 340, in the book about St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Cemetery by Gerald Thompson.
Note, per D & D Bohn, The inscription on his stone: + BENNETT DOWNS CECIL JR KENTUCKY CWO US NAVY WORLD WAR II KOREA VIETNAM JUNE 10, 1920 - JULY 17, 1971.
Parents: Bennett Downs "Ben" Cecil, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Johnson.
Husband of Margaret Ruth Bickett.
Bennett served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam in the U. S. Navy.
The Courier-Journal, Monday, 7/19/1971.
SHOTGUN ACCIDENT KILLS LOUISVILLIAN - A 51-year-old Louisville man was killed in a hunting accident Saturday at St. Mary, Ky., when he slipped on an embankment, causing his shotgun to discharge. Marion County Coroner John Wathen said Bennett Cecil Jr., 1102 English Ave., died about 11:45 a.m. of a gunshot wound in the chest. Cecil was hunting on property adjoining his brother's farm in St. Mary when the accident occurred, police said. He was retired from the Navy. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruth Bickett Cecil; two sons, Bennett D. Cecil III and Michael Cecil, and a daughter, Miss Susan Cecil, all of Louisville. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in St. Charles Catholic Church at St. Mary. The body will be at the Bosley Funeral Home in Lebanon, Ky. today.
Section B; Card 20; # 340, in the book about St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Cemetery by Gerald Thompson.
Note, per D & D Bohn, The inscription on his stone: + BENNETT DOWNS CECIL JR KENTUCKY CWO US NAVY WORLD WAR II KOREA VIETNAM JUNE 10, 1920 - JULY 17, 1971.
Husband of Margaret Ruth Bickett.
Bennett served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam in the U. S. Navy.
The Courier-Journal, Monday, 7/19/1971.
SHOTGUN ACCIDENT KILLS LOUISVILLIAN - A 51-year-old Louisville man was killed in a hunting accident Saturday at St. Mary, Ky., when he slipped on an embankment, causing his shotgun to discharge. Marion County Coroner John Wathen said Bennett Cecil Jr., 1102 English Ave., died about 11:45 a.m. of a gunshot wound in the chest. Cecil was hunting on property adjoining his brother's farm in St. Mary when the accident occurred, police said. He was retired from the Navy. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruth Bickett Cecil; two sons, Bennett D. Cecil III and Michael Cecil, and a daughter, Miss Susan Cecil, all of Louisville. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in St. Charles Catholic Church at St. Mary. The body will be at the Bosley Funeral Home in Lebanon, Ky. today.
Section B; Card 20; # 340, in the book about St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Cemetery by Gerald Thompson.
Note, per D & D Bohn, The inscription on his stone: + BENNETT DOWNS CECIL JR KENTUCKY CWO US NAVY WORLD WAR II KOREA VIETNAM JUNE 10, 1920 - JULY 17, 1971.
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