Mount Vernon News, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio - Tuesday, July 16, 1996

MOUNT VERNON - Dwight "Ernie" Bevington, 77, of Mount Vernon died July 14, 1996, at the Canterbury Villa Nursing Home in Centerburg.

He was born Dec. 27, 1918, in Mount Vernon to Earnest and Bertha (Hissong) Bevington, and had lived most of his lifetime in Knox County.

He was an Army Veteran of World War II, having served in both the European and Pacific theaters of war. He was retired superintendant of maintenance for Knox County and had worked as a master carpenter.

He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4027 and the AMVETS, both in Mount Vernon, and a life member of the Veterans Children's Home in Eaton Rapids, Mich. He was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge 140 and Fraternal Order of the Eagles, both in Mount Vernon.

Surviving are four sons, Daniel Bevington of Phoenix, Ariz., Richard Bevington of Arkansas, Kenneth Bevington of Mount Vernon, and Ernest Bevington of Howard; three daughters, Judith Ann Upp of Lancaster, Peggy Jean Woolison of Mount Vernon, and Mary Jo Clay of Greenwich; 13 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; his brother, Delbert Bevington of Mount Vernon; and his sister, Betty Bumpus of Mansfield.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers, Kenneth Bevington, William Bevington, Albert Bevington, Wilson Bevington, and Paul Bevington; and four sisters, Cora Bevington, Hazel Shryock, Helen Tims, and Lucille Stahl.

Friends may call Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Flowers-Snyder Funeral Home, Mount Vernon. Graveside service, with military honors, will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Veterans Children's Home in Eaton Rapids, Michigan.