OBITUARY FOR THIS MURPHY BENOIT, SON OF MICHEL MARAN BENOIT AND MARIE DUHON (both of whom are buried at Niblett's Bluff). Marie is in an unmarked grave because my gr-grandfather, Michel, buried her himself when he didn't have enough money to pay the priest for a funeral.
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Murphy Benoit of Vinton Dies
Lake Charles American Press, Saturday, January 12, 1957
VINTON. Funeral services for Murphy Benoit, 74, will be held here at 2 p.m. today at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Nelson Thistrump, with Rev. H. H. Howell, pastor of the First Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Nibletts Bluff cemetery in charge of Burke funeral home of Vinton.
Mr Benoit, who lived here with his daughter at 1120 Vincent Street, was born in Lake Charles and was a retired school bus driver. He died Friday morning of a heart attack.
Survivors, in addition to his daughter, include one son, Robert Benoit of Vinton, six brothers, Eustis, Julian, Ramey and Preston Benoit, all of Vinton, Rayne Benoit of West Lake, and Willy [Willie] Benoit of Hackberry [should be Vinton]; four sisters, Mrs. James Parish of Vinton, Mrs. Ira Hadddock of New Iberia, Mrs. A.J. Sallier of Lake Charles, and Mrs. George Bedinger of Lovington, N.M.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Link to Bio on WeRelate:
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Murphy_Benoit_(2)
OBITUARY FOR THIS MURPHY BENOIT, SON OF MICHEL MARAN BENOIT AND MARIE DUHON (both of whom are buried at Niblett's Bluff). Marie is in an unmarked grave because my gr-grandfather, Michel, buried her himself when he didn't have enough money to pay the priest for a funeral.
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Murphy Benoit of Vinton Dies
Lake Charles American Press, Saturday, January 12, 1957
VINTON. Funeral services for Murphy Benoit, 74, will be held here at 2 p.m. today at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Nelson Thistrump, with Rev. H. H. Howell, pastor of the First Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Nibletts Bluff cemetery in charge of Burke funeral home of Vinton.
Mr Benoit, who lived here with his daughter at 1120 Vincent Street, was born in Lake Charles and was a retired school bus driver. He died Friday morning of a heart attack.
Survivors, in addition to his daughter, include one son, Robert Benoit of Vinton, six brothers, Eustis, Julian, Ramey and Preston Benoit, all of Vinton, Rayne Benoit of West Lake, and Willy [Willie] Benoit of Hackberry [should be Vinton]; four sisters, Mrs. James Parish of Vinton, Mrs. Ira Hadddock of New Iberia, Mrs. A.J. Sallier of Lake Charles, and Mrs. George Bedinger of Lovington, N.M.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Link to Bio on WeRelate:
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Murphy_Benoit_(2)
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Mrs Marie Eunah Benoit LeDoux
1857–1942
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Anteall Benoit
1860–1939
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Eudah Benoit Perry
1872–1952
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Adeline Benoit Parish
1874–1957
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Eustlian Benoit
1879–1960
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Julian Benoit
1879–1959
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Rayme Morgan Benoit
1888–1963
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Roman "Romey" Benoit
1889–1975
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Preston Pierre Benoit Sr
1892–1962
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Willie Benoit
1894–1985
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Ida Mary "Minke" Benoit Haddock
1899–1980
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Lucille Benoit Sallier
1901–1980
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Lillie Mae Benoit Bedinger
1904–1974
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Similien Benoit
unknown–1884
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