Grace Carolyn Maney Bennett, 95, died Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at the Western North Carolina Baptist Home in Asheville.
Born May 7, 1911, in Barnardsville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Dora Ann Burleson Maney and James Crisley Maney.
She was a 1928 graduate of Weaver High School in Weaverville, and a 1930 graduate of Biltmore Junior College in Asheville.
She was married for 65 years to John Carmine Bennett, Jr., who died in 1997. Also preceding her in death were a stillborn son; a sister, Mabel Maney Woody; and two brothers, Robert Glenn Maney and James C. Maney, Jr.
Mrs. Bennett, serving in various offices, was a member for more than 50 years of the Women's Auxiliary to the Railway Mail Association which, in 1950, became the Women?s Auxiliary to the National Postal Transport Association.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Asheville for 58 years and worked in the church nursery for more than 40 years.
Prior to moving to assisted living, she was a member of the Sand Hill Good Neighbors Club in Candler.
She devoted her life to being a wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and her family will always treasure her influence in their lives and the memory of her humor and strong spirit.
Followed by burial at Green Hills Cemetery.
Born May 7, 1911, in Barnardsville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Dora Ann Burleson Maney and James Crisley Maney.
She was a 1928 graduate of Weaver High School in Weaverville, and a 1930 graduate of Biltmore Junior College in Asheville.
She was married for 65 years to John Carmine Bennett, Jr., who died in 1997. Also preceding her in death were a stillborn son; a sister, Mabel Maney Woody; and two brothers, Robert Glenn Maney and James C. Maney, Jr.
Mrs. Bennett, serving in various offices, was a member for more than 50 years of the Women's Auxiliary to the Railway Mail Association which, in 1950, became the Women?s Auxiliary to the National Postal Transport Association.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Asheville for 58 years and worked in the church nursery for more than 40 years.
Prior to moving to assisted living, she was a member of the Sand Hill Good Neighbors Club in Candler.
She devoted her life to being a wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and her family will always treasure her influence in their lives and the memory of her humor and strong spirit.
Followed by burial at Green Hills Cemetery.
Grace Carolyn Maney Bennett, 95, died Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at the Western North Carolina Baptist Home in Asheville.
Born May 7, 1911, in Barnardsville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Dora Ann Burleson Maney and James Crisley Maney.
She was a 1928 graduate of Weaver High School in Weaverville, and a 1930 graduate of Biltmore Junior College in Asheville.
She was married for 65 years to John Carmine Bennett, Jr., who died in 1997. Also preceding her in death were a stillborn son; a sister, Mabel Maney Woody; and two brothers, Robert Glenn Maney and James C. Maney, Jr.
Mrs. Bennett, serving in various offices, was a member for more than 50 years of the Women's Auxiliary to the Railway Mail Association which, in 1950, became the Women?s Auxiliary to the National Postal Transport Association.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Asheville for 58 years and worked in the church nursery for more than 40 years.
Prior to moving to assisted living, she was a member of the Sand Hill Good Neighbors Club in Candler.
She devoted her life to being a wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and her family will always treasure her influence in their lives and the memory of her humor and strong spirit.
Followed by burial at Green Hills Cemetery.
Born May 7, 1911, in Barnardsville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Dora Ann Burleson Maney and James Crisley Maney.
She was a 1928 graduate of Weaver High School in Weaverville, and a 1930 graduate of Biltmore Junior College in Asheville.
She was married for 65 years to John Carmine Bennett, Jr., who died in 1997. Also preceding her in death were a stillborn son; a sister, Mabel Maney Woody; and two brothers, Robert Glenn Maney and James C. Maney, Jr.
Mrs. Bennett, serving in various offices, was a member for more than 50 years of the Women's Auxiliary to the Railway Mail Association which, in 1950, became the Women?s Auxiliary to the National Postal Transport Association.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Asheville for 58 years and worked in the church nursery for more than 40 years.
Prior to moving to assisted living, she was a member of the Sand Hill Good Neighbors Club in Candler.
She devoted her life to being a wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and her family will always treasure her influence in their lives and the memory of her humor and strong spirit.
Followed by burial at Green Hills Cemetery.
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