Mrs. Rissie Bennett, 92, a lifelong resident of Mill Creek, passed away Monday morning, Oct. 22, 2007, at her home.
She was born July 25, 1915, at Elkwater, a daughter of the late Adolph and Myrtle Pritt Taylor.
On Nov. 27, 1933, at Elkins, she was married to Lewis W. “Red” Bennett, who preceded her in death Nov. 3, 1986.
She is survived by one son, Howard W. Bennett of St. Leonard, Md.; four daughters, Ellen Jean Anderson of Twin Lakes, Idaho, Helen Mundell of Seaford, Va., Carolyn Meade and husband, Junior, of Mill Creek, and Sandy Miller and husband, Gary, of Spokane, Wash.; and one brother, Carl Taylor of San Antonio, Texas. Also surviving are 13 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Also preceding her in death were six brothers, Russell, Roy, Earl, Junior, Ralph and Omar Taylor; and one sister, Mildred Gear.
MRrs. Bennett was a retired cook from the Randolph County Board of Education and was a member of the United Mine Workers and the Randolph County Association of Retired School Employees. She was instrumental in helping form the Valley unit of the emergency squad and had been an emergency squad volunteer for 21 years. She was one of the first members of the Mill Creek Memorial Mission Church and was instrumental in constructing the first Mill Creek playground. She was honored as Mrs. Mill Creek in 2004 and received the Emergency Unit Volunteer of the Month Award.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. On Friday morning, Mrs. Bennett will be moved to the Mill Creek Memorial Mission Church for visitation from noon until 1 p.m., the funeral hour. The Rev. Frank Long and the Rev. Randy Long will officiate and interment will follow in the Brick Church Cemetery in Huttonsville. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Rissie Bennett.
She was born July 25, 1915, at Elkwater, a daughter of the late Adolph and Myrtle Pritt Taylor.
On Nov. 27, 1933, at Elkins, she was married to Lewis W. “Red” Bennett, who preceded her in death Nov. 3, 1986.
She is survived by one son, Howard W. Bennett of St. Leonard, Md.; four daughters, Ellen Jean Anderson of Twin Lakes, Idaho, Helen Mundell of Seaford, Va., Carolyn Meade and husband, Junior, of Mill Creek, and Sandy Miller and husband, Gary, of Spokane, Wash.; and one brother, Carl Taylor of San Antonio, Texas. Also surviving are 13 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Also preceding her in death were six brothers, Russell, Roy, Earl, Junior, Ralph and Omar Taylor; and one sister, Mildred Gear.
MRrs. Bennett was a retired cook from the Randolph County Board of Education and was a member of the United Mine Workers and the Randolph County Association of Retired School Employees. She was instrumental in helping form the Valley unit of the emergency squad and had been an emergency squad volunteer for 21 years. She was one of the first members of the Mill Creek Memorial Mission Church and was instrumental in constructing the first Mill Creek playground. She was honored as Mrs. Mill Creek in 2004 and received the Emergency Unit Volunteer of the Month Award.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. On Friday morning, Mrs. Bennett will be moved to the Mill Creek Memorial Mission Church for visitation from noon until 1 p.m., the funeral hour. The Rev. Frank Long and the Rev. Randy Long will officiate and interment will follow in the Brick Church Cemetery in Huttonsville. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Rissie Bennett.
Mrs. Rissie Bennett, 92, a lifelong resident of Mill Creek, passed away Monday morning, Oct. 22, 2007, at her home.
She was born July 25, 1915, at Elkwater, a daughter of the late Adolph and Myrtle Pritt Taylor.
On Nov. 27, 1933, at Elkins, she was married to Lewis W. “Red” Bennett, who preceded her in death Nov. 3, 1986.
She is survived by one son, Howard W. Bennett of St. Leonard, Md.; four daughters, Ellen Jean Anderson of Twin Lakes, Idaho, Helen Mundell of Seaford, Va., Carolyn Meade and husband, Junior, of Mill Creek, and Sandy Miller and husband, Gary, of Spokane, Wash.; and one brother, Carl Taylor of San Antonio, Texas. Also surviving are 13 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Also preceding her in death were six brothers, Russell, Roy, Earl, Junior, Ralph and Omar Taylor; and one sister, Mildred Gear.
MRrs. Bennett was a retired cook from the Randolph County Board of Education and was a member of the United Mine Workers and the Randolph County Association of Retired School Employees. She was instrumental in helping form the Valley unit of the emergency squad and had been an emergency squad volunteer for 21 years. She was one of the first members of the Mill Creek Memorial Mission Church and was instrumental in constructing the first Mill Creek playground. She was honored as Mrs. Mill Creek in 2004 and received the Emergency Unit Volunteer of the Month Award.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. On Friday morning, Mrs. Bennett will be moved to the Mill Creek Memorial Mission Church for visitation from noon until 1 p.m., the funeral hour. The Rev. Frank Long and the Rev. Randy Long will officiate and interment will follow in the Brick Church Cemetery in Huttonsville. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Rissie Bennett.
She was born July 25, 1915, at Elkwater, a daughter of the late Adolph and Myrtle Pritt Taylor.
On Nov. 27, 1933, at Elkins, she was married to Lewis W. “Red” Bennett, who preceded her in death Nov. 3, 1986.
She is survived by one son, Howard W. Bennett of St. Leonard, Md.; four daughters, Ellen Jean Anderson of Twin Lakes, Idaho, Helen Mundell of Seaford, Va., Carolyn Meade and husband, Junior, of Mill Creek, and Sandy Miller and husband, Gary, of Spokane, Wash.; and one brother, Carl Taylor of San Antonio, Texas. Also surviving are 13 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Also preceding her in death were six brothers, Russell, Roy, Earl, Junior, Ralph and Omar Taylor; and one sister, Mildred Gear.
MRrs. Bennett was a retired cook from the Randolph County Board of Education and was a member of the United Mine Workers and the Randolph County Association of Retired School Employees. She was instrumental in helping form the Valley unit of the emergency squad and had been an emergency squad volunteer for 21 years. She was one of the first members of the Mill Creek Memorial Mission Church and was instrumental in constructing the first Mill Creek playground. She was honored as Mrs. Mill Creek in 2004 and received the Emergency Unit Volunteer of the Month Award.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. On Friday morning, Mrs. Bennett will be moved to the Mill Creek Memorial Mission Church for visitation from noon until 1 p.m., the funeral hour. The Rev. Frank Long and the Rev. Randy Long will officiate and interment will follow in the Brick Church Cemetery in Huttonsville. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Rissie Bennett.
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