Burial was in the Celestial Gardens Cemetery at Cyril under direction of Robbins Funeral Home of Fletcher (now Becker Funeral Home).
Eugene was born April 17, 1920, in Alfalfa, where he grew up and attended school.
He married Mary Evelyn Fillingham, July 15, 1951, in Harrison, Arkansas. They moved to Cyril in 1962, and south of Elgin in 1979. He was a farmer, and enjoyed carpentry and welding. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Elgin.
He passed away Saturday, November 19, 1994, at a Lawton hospital, following a brief illness.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, of the home; two daughters, Donna Carol Butler and her husband Harold of Tulsa and Reva Gale Caldwell and her husband David of Newcastle; five grandsons, Myron and Brian Butler, and Jesse, Gene Dillan and Casey Caldwell; and one great-granddaughter, Kristen Butler.
Also surviving are four brothers, George of Alfalfa, Leo of Yukon, Ralph of Oklahoma City, and Orville of Amarillo, Texas, and one sister, Floy Pitt of Hydro.
Burial was in the Celestial Gardens Cemetery at Cyril under direction of Robbins Funeral Home of Fletcher (now Becker Funeral Home).
Eugene was born April 17, 1920, in Alfalfa, where he grew up and attended school.
He married Mary Evelyn Fillingham, July 15, 1951, in Harrison, Arkansas. They moved to Cyril in 1962, and south of Elgin in 1979. He was a farmer, and enjoyed carpentry and welding. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Elgin.
He passed away Saturday, November 19, 1994, at a Lawton hospital, following a brief illness.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, of the home; two daughters, Donna Carol Butler and her husband Harold of Tulsa and Reva Gale Caldwell and her husband David of Newcastle; five grandsons, Myron and Brian Butler, and Jesse, Gene Dillan and Casey Caldwell; and one great-granddaughter, Kristen Butler.
Also surviving are four brothers, George of Alfalfa, Leo of Yukon, Ralph of Oklahoma City, and Orville of Amarillo, Texas, and one sister, Floy Pitt of Hydro.
Family Members
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Troy Clay Bennett
1902–1942
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Alfred Ray Bennett
1905–1978
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Loyd A. Bennett
1906–1913
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Glenn Roy Bennett
1908–1973
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Gladys Fay Bennett Adams
1909–1970
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George William Bennett
1910–2008
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Ralph Oren Bennett
1912–2000
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Floy Rosell Bennett Pitt
1913–2001
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Leo Wilburn Bennett
1915–2008
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Verna Mae Bennett Tully
1917–1991
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Raymond Fred Bennett
1918–1992
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Orville Robert Bennett
1922–1997
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