Bennett Little, 69, Rt. 1, Cheshire, died early today in the Veterans Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 2, 1899, at Cheshire, the son of the late Edward and Lena Manley Little. One brother and two sisters, and his wife Edna (10 months ago) preceded him in death.
He was an active member of the Old Kyger Free Will Baptist Church and was on the Gallia County Elections Board seven years. He was a coal miner, but had operated a grocery store and service station in Cheshire for a number of years.
Survivors include his daughter, Mrs. Stanley (Gladys) Ridge, Wellston; two sons, Melvin L., Cheshire, and Harold L. (Sammy), Middleport; two brothers, Loren, Middleport, and Cuba, Cheshire; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with the Rev. Chester Lemley officiating. Burial will be in the Gravel Hill Cemetery at Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Friday.
[Note - Daughter Gladys should be Gladia, brother Loren should be Lorn.]
Pomeroy Daily Sentinel
Thursday, Aug. 7, 1969
(THANK YOU to lkhaddox who originally shared this on 18 Aug 2014 on Ancestry)
Bennett Little, 69, Rt. 1, Cheshire, died early today in the Veterans Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 2, 1899, at Cheshire, the son of the late Edward and Lena Manley Little. One brother and two sisters, and his wife Edna (10 months ago) preceded him in death.
He was an active member of the Old Kyger Free Will Baptist Church and was on the Gallia County Elections Board seven years. He was a coal miner, but had operated a grocery store and service station in Cheshire for a number of years.
Survivors include his daughter, Mrs. Stanley (Gladys) Ridge, Wellston; two sons, Melvin L., Cheshire, and Harold L. (Sammy), Middleport; two brothers, Loren, Middleport, and Cuba, Cheshire; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with the Rev. Chester Lemley officiating. Burial will be in the Gravel Hill Cemetery at Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Friday.
[Note - Daughter Gladys should be Gladia, brother Loren should be Lorn.]
Pomeroy Daily Sentinel
Thursday, Aug. 7, 1969
(THANK YOU to lkhaddox who originally shared this on 18 Aug 2014 on Ancestry)
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