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Claudia <I>Jones</I> Bennett

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Claudia Jones Bennett

Birth
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Death
7 Feb 2022 (aged 74)
Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas, USA
Burial
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No Middle Name

Claudia Bennett, 74 of Vernon, Texas went to be with her Lord on Monday, February 7, 2022 surrounded by her loving husband, close friends and caregivers.
Claudia was born Wednesday, January 7, 1948 in Dallas, TX to Richard Claude (RC) Jones and Sylvia (Jo) Tinsley Jones. She was raised in Vernon and attended Vernon High School. She married the love of her life, Marvin Bennett, on June 21, 1986 in Vernon. She worked for the US Postal Service in Wichita Falls, Texas. During her service she was elected as local union president, advocating for all Postal employees. After leaving the US Postal Service, she pursued her passion of antiques by opening a store in Vernon, Classics Gifts. Her store gave local collectors and artists an opportunity to display and sell their collections to support their families. She was a proponent of social causes and advocating for those that society had discarded. She found her calling volunteering with the youth of Center South before its closing. Claudia was a member of the Western Trail Cowboy Church. She was a champion of animal rights; fostering and arranging transport for a countless number of pets in need of a home. She loved listening to the blues and finding new renditions of her favorite song, 'Hallelujah'. She was an avid reader who was able to articulate a position with logic and humor. She was loved by her family, friends and community.
Claudia is survived by her husband Marvin Bennett, sons, Brent Bennett of Oklahoma City, OK, Michael Bennett of Frisco, TX and Daniel Bennett and wife Gloria of Haslet, TX, daughters, Angelique Valteau and husband Eldridge of Sunbury, PA, Kristie Eidson and husband Jeff of Elkins, NC, Kayla Bearden and husband Rusty of Oklahoma City, OK, sisters, Peggy Howe of Oklaunion, TX, Lee Ann McPhail of Canton, TX and Nancy Walden of Vernon, TX, grandchildren include Natalie Lloyd, Shaun Myer, Brittany Valteau, Candace Valteau, Nathaniel Bennett, Julia Anderson, Mallory Bennett, Landon Bennett, Travis Bennett, Gigi Kakouras and Alexandria Kakouras.
Services will be held February 12, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Western Trail Cowboy Church in Vernon, TX (Lockett). Visitation will be held at Sullivan's Funeral Home in Vernon, TX on February 11, 2022 at 6:00-8:00 PM.
She is preceded in death by her parents, and a daughter Christi Baker.

Sullivan Funeral Home
Vernon, Texas
No Middle Name

Claudia Bennett, 74 of Vernon, Texas went to be with her Lord on Monday, February 7, 2022 surrounded by her loving husband, close friends and caregivers.
Claudia was born Wednesday, January 7, 1948 in Dallas, TX to Richard Claude (RC) Jones and Sylvia (Jo) Tinsley Jones. She was raised in Vernon and attended Vernon High School. She married the love of her life, Marvin Bennett, on June 21, 1986 in Vernon. She worked for the US Postal Service in Wichita Falls, Texas. During her service she was elected as local union president, advocating for all Postal employees. After leaving the US Postal Service, she pursued her passion of antiques by opening a store in Vernon, Classics Gifts. Her store gave local collectors and artists an opportunity to display and sell their collections to support their families. She was a proponent of social causes and advocating for those that society had discarded. She found her calling volunteering with the youth of Center South before its closing. Claudia was a member of the Western Trail Cowboy Church. She was a champion of animal rights; fostering and arranging transport for a countless number of pets in need of a home. She loved listening to the blues and finding new renditions of her favorite song, 'Hallelujah'. She was an avid reader who was able to articulate a position with logic and humor. She was loved by her family, friends and community.
Claudia is survived by her husband Marvin Bennett, sons, Brent Bennett of Oklahoma City, OK, Michael Bennett of Frisco, TX and Daniel Bennett and wife Gloria of Haslet, TX, daughters, Angelique Valteau and husband Eldridge of Sunbury, PA, Kristie Eidson and husband Jeff of Elkins, NC, Kayla Bearden and husband Rusty of Oklahoma City, OK, sisters, Peggy Howe of Oklaunion, TX, Lee Ann McPhail of Canton, TX and Nancy Walden of Vernon, TX, grandchildren include Natalie Lloyd, Shaun Myer, Brittany Valteau, Candace Valteau, Nathaniel Bennett, Julia Anderson, Mallory Bennett, Landon Bennett, Travis Bennett, Gigi Kakouras and Alexandria Kakouras.
Services will be held February 12, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Western Trail Cowboy Church in Vernon, TX (Lockett). Visitation will be held at Sullivan's Funeral Home in Vernon, TX on February 11, 2022 at 6:00-8:00 PM.
She is preceded in death by her parents, and a daughter Christi Baker.

Sullivan Funeral Home
Vernon, Texas


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