Laddie Jackson Bennett, a retired IBM employee who worked in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, died Wednesday, May 30, 2001, in Baton Rouge. He was born Aug. 18, 1914, in Mangum, Okla., was a resident of Baton Rouge for 57 years and a former resident of Texas.
Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, with Masonic service at 7 p.m. Visiting at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Saturday. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survived by his wife of 58 years, Doris Althea Crary Bennett; two daughters, Lynnette B. Frazer and husband Thomas L. Frazer and Jeanne B. Strickland and husband James Michael Strickland; a son, Richard C. "Rick" Bennett and wife Sharon J. Bennett; a sister, Joyce B. Thompson; eight grandchildren, Daun Moore Brown, Shaun Moore, Shawn and Mark Frazer, Ashley Sides and Amanda, Aimee and Ricky Bennett; and five great-grandchildren, John Thomas, Caroline and Jackson Sides, Joshua Beau Brown and Emily Eglin Frazier.
Preceded in death by his parents, Henry D. and Bertha R. Bennett; two brothers, Marvin Bennett and Lenford Carl Bennett; and two sisters, Obera B. Downs and Mona Jean Bennett.
He was a member of Capital Lodge No. 399, Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 163 and Acacia Shrine. He attended Texas A&M University. Memorial donations may be made to Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, 550 Lobdell Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70806, or Hospice of Baton Rouge, 9063 Siegen Lane, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70810.
Obituary published in The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., June 1, 2001, page 12-A.
Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, with Masonic service at 7 p.m. Visiting at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Saturday. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survived by his wife of 58 years, Doris Althea Crary Bennett; two daughters, Lynnette B. Frazer and husband Thomas L. Frazer and Jeanne B. Strickland and husband James Michael Strickland; a son, Richard C. "Rick" Bennett and wife Sharon J. Bennett; a sister, Joyce B. Thompson; eight grandchildren, Daun Moore Brown, Shaun Moore, Shawn and Mark Frazer, Ashley Sides and Amanda, Aimee and Ricky Bennett; and five great-grandchildren, John Thomas, Caroline and Jackson Sides, Joshua Beau Brown and Emily Eglin Frazier.
Preceded in death by his parents, Henry D. and Bertha R. Bennett; two brothers, Marvin Bennett and Lenford Carl Bennett; and two sisters, Obera B. Downs and Mona Jean Bennett.
He was a member of Capital Lodge No. 399, Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 163 and Acacia Shrine. He attended Texas A&M University. Memorial donations may be made to Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, 550 Lobdell Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70806, or Hospice of Baton Rouge, 9063 Siegen Lane, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70810.
Obituary published in The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., June 1, 2001, page 12-A.
Laddie Jackson Bennett, a retired IBM employee who worked in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, died Wednesday, May 30, 2001, in Baton Rouge. He was born Aug. 18, 1914, in Mangum, Okla., was a resident of Baton Rouge for 57 years and a former resident of Texas.
Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, with Masonic service at 7 p.m. Visiting at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Saturday. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survived by his wife of 58 years, Doris Althea Crary Bennett; two daughters, Lynnette B. Frazer and husband Thomas L. Frazer and Jeanne B. Strickland and husband James Michael Strickland; a son, Richard C. "Rick" Bennett and wife Sharon J. Bennett; a sister, Joyce B. Thompson; eight grandchildren, Daun Moore Brown, Shaun Moore, Shawn and Mark Frazer, Ashley Sides and Amanda, Aimee and Ricky Bennett; and five great-grandchildren, John Thomas, Caroline and Jackson Sides, Joshua Beau Brown and Emily Eglin Frazier.
Preceded in death by his parents, Henry D. and Bertha R. Bennett; two brothers, Marvin Bennett and Lenford Carl Bennett; and two sisters, Obera B. Downs and Mona Jean Bennett.
He was a member of Capital Lodge No. 399, Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 163 and Acacia Shrine. He attended Texas A&M University. Memorial donations may be made to Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, 550 Lobdell Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70806, or Hospice of Baton Rouge, 9063 Siegen Lane, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70810.
Obituary published in The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., June 1, 2001, page 12-A.
Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, with Masonic service at 7 p.m. Visiting at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Saturday. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survived by his wife of 58 years, Doris Althea Crary Bennett; two daughters, Lynnette B. Frazer and husband Thomas L. Frazer and Jeanne B. Strickland and husband James Michael Strickland; a son, Richard C. "Rick" Bennett and wife Sharon J. Bennett; a sister, Joyce B. Thompson; eight grandchildren, Daun Moore Brown, Shaun Moore, Shawn and Mark Frazer, Ashley Sides and Amanda, Aimee and Ricky Bennett; and five great-grandchildren, John Thomas, Caroline and Jackson Sides, Joshua Beau Brown and Emily Eglin Frazier.
Preceded in death by his parents, Henry D. and Bertha R. Bennett; two brothers, Marvin Bennett and Lenford Carl Bennett; and two sisters, Obera B. Downs and Mona Jean Bennett.
He was a member of Capital Lodge No. 399, Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 163 and Acacia Shrine. He attended Texas A&M University. Memorial donations may be made to Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, 550 Lobdell Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70806, or Hospice of Baton Rouge, 9063 Siegen Lane, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70810.
Obituary published in The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., June 1, 2001, page 12-A.
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