To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Louisiana Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Louisiana, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 6/13/19 • Approved: 6/13/19 • Last Updated: 6/16/19 • R223501-G223500-S3
December 2, 1924 - May 6, 2004
Thelma Bennett, 79, a resident of Franklinton, died yesterday in her home. She was a member of Grace Missionary Baptist Church in Franklinton.
Survivors include two sons, Marvin and Melvin Bennett, both of Franklinton; three daughters, Yvonne Rogers of Angie, Vera F. Easterling of Franklinton. And Lenell Merritt of Angie; a brother, George Jones of South Carolina; three sisters, Sybil Carter of Denham Springs, Velma White of Bogalusa, and Dezzie Sphere of Bogalusa; 12 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Randolph Bennett; a son, Ralph Bennett; a daughter, Lucille Warren; her parents, Eugene Miller and Miami Jones; a stepfather, George Jones; brothers, Ocie Miller and E.J. Miller; and a grandson, Floyd Bennett.
Visitation will be held at Brown-McGehee Funeral Home today from 4-9 p.m. and tomorrow from 8 a.m. until the funeral service in the funeral home chapel at 3 p.m. Elder J.W. Graves will conduct the service. Burial will be in the Springhill-Magee Cemetery.
Photo courtesy of Bonnie D
Contributed on 6/13/19 by billsully060
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 223501