Note:
Whether you knew Joe well or not, you should read his obituary. He wrote it himself. It's great.
Joe B Bennett
1937 – 2019
Sun City, Georgetown, Texas
I used to be Joe B. Bennett, of Sun City, Georgetown, Texas, 'til I kicked off on Tuesday, April 30 at age 82. I would like my death certificate to say that I died of curiosity.
In the country near Avoca, Texas, I was born at home in 1937. That is east of Stamford and north of Abilene if anybody cares. I married Shelby Mansfield, a rancher's daughter and a fantastic woman, in 1959 at Bandera, Texas. We were happily incompatible for more than 59 years. After a tour in the Marine Corps and four years as a Texas Highway Patrolman in San Antonio and Beeville, I joined the Border Patrol at El Paso in April of 1962. I also served at Ysleta and Sierra Blanca, Texas. I left the Border Patrol but stayed in the Immigration & Naturalization Service and worked in Chicago, Bermuda, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Blaine, Washington as officer-in-charge of immigration, Guadalajara, Mexico, as immigration attachѐ to the America Consulate (two tours) and officer-in-charge in Fresno, California. I was the first chief of the Border Patrol in Puerto Rico and my troops and I set up the Border Patrol there. In 1995 I retired as the chief of the Border Patrol in New Orleans.
During my retirement in Sun City I enjoyed many activities – Nature Club as webmaster, director and president. Also, I was active in special interest groups – astronomy, birding, butterflies, native plants, Rockhounds, amphibians and reptiles as a snake grabber, I hiked on many a trail, rode a bicycle thousands of miles, spent many hours on computers, played a lot of tennis and took a lot of interesting pictures.
I was extremely proud of my wife, Shelby; son, Mark of Chimacum, Washington; his wife Karen; daughter, Leslie Abrahamson of Las Vegas; her husband Eric; grandson, Cole of Manchester, Connecticut; his fiancé, Ira; granddaughter, Courtney of Las Vegas; and great-grandchild, River. We had a lot of fun and did a lot of things in a lot of places.
Instructions have been left by me that there be no funeral or memorial service. No graveside service either because my body is going to medical research on a one-way ticket. At the proper time, my family is to have a party, look at pictures and talk of all the good time we had.
No donations either. I don't care who you give your money to or if you spend it all on beer.
I did the best I could to live a moral, ethical and responsible life. It was a long ride, and it was a good ride.
After years of wondering, I should now know what, if anything, the afterlife is all about. I will probably arrive to derisive laughter.
The Sun
Williams County, Texas
Whether you knew Joe well or not, you should read his obituary. He wrote it himself. It's great.
Joe B Bennett
1937 – 2019
Sun City, Georgetown, Texas
I used to be Joe B. Bennett, of Sun City, Georgetown, Texas, 'til I kicked off on Tuesday, April 30 at age 82. I would like my death certificate to say that I died of curiosity.
In the country near Avoca, Texas, I was born at home in 1937. That is east of Stamford and north of Abilene if anybody cares. I married Shelby Mansfield, a rancher's daughter and a fantastic woman, in 1959 at Bandera, Texas. We were happily incompatible for more than 59 years. After a tour in the Marine Corps and four years as a Texas Highway Patrolman in San Antonio and Beeville, I joined the Border Patrol at El Paso in April of 1962. I also served at Ysleta and Sierra Blanca, Texas. I left the Border Patrol but stayed in the Immigration & Naturalization Service and worked in Chicago, Bermuda, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Blaine, Washington as officer-in-charge of immigration, Guadalajara, Mexico, as immigration attachѐ to the America Consulate (two tours) and officer-in-charge in Fresno, California. I was the first chief of the Border Patrol in Puerto Rico and my troops and I set up the Border Patrol there. In 1995 I retired as the chief of the Border Patrol in New Orleans.
During my retirement in Sun City I enjoyed many activities – Nature Club as webmaster, director and president. Also, I was active in special interest groups – astronomy, birding, butterflies, native plants, Rockhounds, amphibians and reptiles as a snake grabber, I hiked on many a trail, rode a bicycle thousands of miles, spent many hours on computers, played a lot of tennis and took a lot of interesting pictures.
I was extremely proud of my wife, Shelby; son, Mark of Chimacum, Washington; his wife Karen; daughter, Leslie Abrahamson of Las Vegas; her husband Eric; grandson, Cole of Manchester, Connecticut; his fiancé, Ira; granddaughter, Courtney of Las Vegas; and great-grandchild, River. We had a lot of fun and did a lot of things in a lot of places.
Instructions have been left by me that there be no funeral or memorial service. No graveside service either because my body is going to medical research on a one-way ticket. At the proper time, my family is to have a party, look at pictures and talk of all the good time we had.
No donations either. I don't care who you give your money to or if you spend it all on beer.
I did the best I could to live a moral, ethical and responsible life. It was a long ride, and it was a good ride.
After years of wondering, I should now know what, if anything, the afterlife is all about. I will probably arrive to derisive laughter.
The Sun
Williams County, Texas
Note:
Whether you knew Joe well or not, you should read his obituary. He wrote it himself. It's great.
Joe B Bennett
1937 – 2019
Sun City, Georgetown, Texas
I used to be Joe B. Bennett, of Sun City, Georgetown, Texas, 'til I kicked off on Tuesday, April 30 at age 82. I would like my death certificate to say that I died of curiosity.
In the country near Avoca, Texas, I was born at home in 1937. That is east of Stamford and north of Abilene if anybody cares. I married Shelby Mansfield, a rancher's daughter and a fantastic woman, in 1959 at Bandera, Texas. We were happily incompatible for more than 59 years. After a tour in the Marine Corps and four years as a Texas Highway Patrolman in San Antonio and Beeville, I joined the Border Patrol at El Paso in April of 1962. I also served at Ysleta and Sierra Blanca, Texas. I left the Border Patrol but stayed in the Immigration & Naturalization Service and worked in Chicago, Bermuda, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Blaine, Washington as officer-in-charge of immigration, Guadalajara, Mexico, as immigration attachѐ to the America Consulate (two tours) and officer-in-charge in Fresno, California. I was the first chief of the Border Patrol in Puerto Rico and my troops and I set up the Border Patrol there. In 1995 I retired as the chief of the Border Patrol in New Orleans.
During my retirement in Sun City I enjoyed many activities – Nature Club as webmaster, director and president. Also, I was active in special interest groups – astronomy, birding, butterflies, native plants, Rockhounds, amphibians and reptiles as a snake grabber, I hiked on many a trail, rode a bicycle thousands of miles, spent many hours on computers, played a lot of tennis and took a lot of interesting pictures.
I was extremely proud of my wife, Shelby; son, Mark of Chimacum, Washington; his wife Karen; daughter, Leslie Abrahamson of Las Vegas; her husband Eric; grandson, Cole of Manchester, Connecticut; his fiancé, Ira; granddaughter, Courtney of Las Vegas; and great-grandchild, River. We had a lot of fun and did a lot of things in a lot of places.
Instructions have been left by me that there be no funeral or memorial service. No graveside service either because my body is going to medical research on a one-way ticket. At the proper time, my family is to have a party, look at pictures and talk of all the good time we had.
No donations either. I don't care who you give your money to or if you spend it all on beer.
I did the best I could to live a moral, ethical and responsible life. It was a long ride, and it was a good ride.
After years of wondering, I should now know what, if anything, the afterlife is all about. I will probably arrive to derisive laughter.
The Sun
Williams County, Texas
Whether you knew Joe well or not, you should read his obituary. He wrote it himself. It's great.
Joe B Bennett
1937 – 2019
Sun City, Georgetown, Texas
I used to be Joe B. Bennett, of Sun City, Georgetown, Texas, 'til I kicked off on Tuesday, April 30 at age 82. I would like my death certificate to say that I died of curiosity.
In the country near Avoca, Texas, I was born at home in 1937. That is east of Stamford and north of Abilene if anybody cares. I married Shelby Mansfield, a rancher's daughter and a fantastic woman, in 1959 at Bandera, Texas. We were happily incompatible for more than 59 years. After a tour in the Marine Corps and four years as a Texas Highway Patrolman in San Antonio and Beeville, I joined the Border Patrol at El Paso in April of 1962. I also served at Ysleta and Sierra Blanca, Texas. I left the Border Patrol but stayed in the Immigration & Naturalization Service and worked in Chicago, Bermuda, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Blaine, Washington as officer-in-charge of immigration, Guadalajara, Mexico, as immigration attachѐ to the America Consulate (two tours) and officer-in-charge in Fresno, California. I was the first chief of the Border Patrol in Puerto Rico and my troops and I set up the Border Patrol there. In 1995 I retired as the chief of the Border Patrol in New Orleans.
During my retirement in Sun City I enjoyed many activities – Nature Club as webmaster, director and president. Also, I was active in special interest groups – astronomy, birding, butterflies, native plants, Rockhounds, amphibians and reptiles as a snake grabber, I hiked on many a trail, rode a bicycle thousands of miles, spent many hours on computers, played a lot of tennis and took a lot of interesting pictures.
I was extremely proud of my wife, Shelby; son, Mark of Chimacum, Washington; his wife Karen; daughter, Leslie Abrahamson of Las Vegas; her husband Eric; grandson, Cole of Manchester, Connecticut; his fiancé, Ira; granddaughter, Courtney of Las Vegas; and great-grandchild, River. We had a lot of fun and did a lot of things in a lot of places.
Instructions have been left by me that there be no funeral or memorial service. No graveside service either because my body is going to medical research on a one-way ticket. At the proper time, my family is to have a party, look at pictures and talk of all the good time we had.
No donations either. I don't care who you give your money to or if you spend it all on beer.
I did the best I could to live a moral, ethical and responsible life. It was a long ride, and it was a good ride.
After years of wondering, I should now know what, if anything, the afterlife is all about. I will probably arrive to derisive laughter.
The Sun
Williams County, Texas
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