Post Herald, Saturday June 19, 1965
Page 1, Column 4
Bones Are Ruled Bennett Remains
FAYETTEVILLE — A skeleton found near Minden in Fayette County May 19 has been identified as that of Lon Louis Bennett, 42, of Oak Hill.
Sheriff Douglas Epperly said members of his department, Prosecutor J. Zane Summerfield and members of the Bennett family decided Friday the bones and parts of clothing found with the bones were those of Bennett.
Bennett had been missing from his Oak Hill home since July 1963.
Sheriff Epperly said the time, place and cause of Bennett's death are unknown. Epperly said the skull was found by children playing along a railroad track in a isolated area. He said he and deputies found the rest of the bones in a ravine about ten feet down an embankment. They also found personal belongings including a leather belt with the initial " B . "
Epperly said the bones were analyzed by a Charleston pathologist and showed that the man's height was about that of Bennett.
This was the second of five missing persons accounted for in Fayette County.
The body of Mike Rogers of Oak Hill was found cut into 13 pieces in December 1962.
Those still unaccounted for are Sgt. James Haynes, 32, of Baltimore, Md., formerly of Saulsville, who has been officially declared dead by the Army. Ernest E. Gwinn, 76, of
Oak Hill, and Samuel Smith, 33, of Scarbro.
Bennett was a mine operator, and a veteran of World War II.
Bom at Long Bottom, July 8, 1921, he was a son of Mrs. Lanie Adkins Bennett of Hinton.
Other survivors include two brothers, Herbert of Harper and Obie, of Hinton; a sister, Mrs. Dora Taylor of Page; three half-brothers, Sam, Seymour and Dewey, all of Hinton,
and three half-sisters, Mrs. Lida McDaniels of Bradley, Mrs. Armita Adkins of Harper Heights and Mrs. Gusta Fletcher of Stanaford.
Graveside rites will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the High Lawn Memorial Park in Oak Hill with the Rev. Ernest Barley in charge.
Friends may call at the Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill from 7 to 10 p. m. Saturday.
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Page 1, Column 4
Bones Are Ruled Bennett Remains
FAYETTEVILLE — A skeleton found near Minden in Fayette County May 19 has been identified as that of Lon Louis Bennett, 42, of Oak Hill.
Sheriff Douglas Epperly said members of his department, Prosecutor J. Zane Summerfield and members of the Bennett family decided Friday the bones and parts of clothing found with the bones were those of Bennett.
Bennett had been missing from his Oak Hill home since July 1963.
Sheriff Epperly said the time, place and cause of Bennett's death are unknown. Epperly said the skull was found by children playing along a railroad track in a isolated area. He said he and deputies found the rest of the bones in a ravine about ten feet down an embankment. They also found personal belongings including a leather belt with the initial " B . "
Epperly said the bones were analyzed by a Charleston pathologist and showed that the man's height was about that of Bennett.
This was the second of five missing persons accounted for in Fayette County.
The body of Mike Rogers of Oak Hill was found cut into 13 pieces in December 1962.
Those still unaccounted for are Sgt. James Haynes, 32, of Baltimore, Md., formerly of Saulsville, who has been officially declared dead by the Army. Ernest E. Gwinn, 76, of
Oak Hill, and Samuel Smith, 33, of Scarbro.
Bennett was a mine operator, and a veteran of World War II.
Bom at Long Bottom, July 8, 1921, he was a son of Mrs. Lanie Adkins Bennett of Hinton.
Other survivors include two brothers, Herbert of Harper and Obie, of Hinton; a sister, Mrs. Dora Taylor of Page; three half-brothers, Sam, Seymour and Dewey, all of Hinton,
and three half-sisters, Mrs. Lida McDaniels of Bradley, Mrs. Armita Adkins of Harper Heights and Mrs. Gusta Fletcher of Stanaford.
Graveside rites will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the High Lawn Memorial Park in Oak Hill with the Rev. Ernest Barley in charge.
Friends may call at the Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill from 7 to 10 p. m. Saturday.
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Emails are encouraged to confirm, correct, and to enhance this memorial.
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Post Herald, Saturday June 19, 1965
Page 1, Column 4
Bones Are Ruled Bennett Remains
FAYETTEVILLE — A skeleton found near Minden in Fayette County May 19 has been identified as that of Lon Louis Bennett, 42, of Oak Hill.
Sheriff Douglas Epperly said members of his department, Prosecutor J. Zane Summerfield and members of the Bennett family decided Friday the bones and parts of clothing found with the bones were those of Bennett.
Bennett had been missing from his Oak Hill home since July 1963.
Sheriff Epperly said the time, place and cause of Bennett's death are unknown. Epperly said the skull was found by children playing along a railroad track in a isolated area. He said he and deputies found the rest of the bones in a ravine about ten feet down an embankment. They also found personal belongings including a leather belt with the initial " B . "
Epperly said the bones were analyzed by a Charleston pathologist and showed that the man's height was about that of Bennett.
This was the second of five missing persons accounted for in Fayette County.
The body of Mike Rogers of Oak Hill was found cut into 13 pieces in December 1962.
Those still unaccounted for are Sgt. James Haynes, 32, of Baltimore, Md., formerly of Saulsville, who has been officially declared dead by the Army. Ernest E. Gwinn, 76, of
Oak Hill, and Samuel Smith, 33, of Scarbro.
Bennett was a mine operator, and a veteran of World War II.
Bom at Long Bottom, July 8, 1921, he was a son of Mrs. Lanie Adkins Bennett of Hinton.
Other survivors include two brothers, Herbert of Harper and Obie, of Hinton; a sister, Mrs. Dora Taylor of Page; three half-brothers, Sam, Seymour and Dewey, all of Hinton,
and three half-sisters, Mrs. Lida McDaniels of Bradley, Mrs. Armita Adkins of Harper Heights and Mrs. Gusta Fletcher of Stanaford.
Graveside rites will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the High Lawn Memorial Park in Oak Hill with the Rev. Ernest Barley in charge.
Friends may call at the Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill from 7 to 10 p. m. Saturday.
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Emails are encouraged to confirm, correct, and to enhance this memorial.
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Page 1, Column 4
Bones Are Ruled Bennett Remains
FAYETTEVILLE — A skeleton found near Minden in Fayette County May 19 has been identified as that of Lon Louis Bennett, 42, of Oak Hill.
Sheriff Douglas Epperly said members of his department, Prosecutor J. Zane Summerfield and members of the Bennett family decided Friday the bones and parts of clothing found with the bones were those of Bennett.
Bennett had been missing from his Oak Hill home since July 1963.
Sheriff Epperly said the time, place and cause of Bennett's death are unknown. Epperly said the skull was found by children playing along a railroad track in a isolated area. He said he and deputies found the rest of the bones in a ravine about ten feet down an embankment. They also found personal belongings including a leather belt with the initial " B . "
Epperly said the bones were analyzed by a Charleston pathologist and showed that the man's height was about that of Bennett.
This was the second of five missing persons accounted for in Fayette County.
The body of Mike Rogers of Oak Hill was found cut into 13 pieces in December 1962.
Those still unaccounted for are Sgt. James Haynes, 32, of Baltimore, Md., formerly of Saulsville, who has been officially declared dead by the Army. Ernest E. Gwinn, 76, of
Oak Hill, and Samuel Smith, 33, of Scarbro.
Bennett was a mine operator, and a veteran of World War II.
Bom at Long Bottom, July 8, 1921, he was a son of Mrs. Lanie Adkins Bennett of Hinton.
Other survivors include two brothers, Herbert of Harper and Obie, of Hinton; a sister, Mrs. Dora Taylor of Page; three half-brothers, Sam, Seymour and Dewey, all of Hinton,
and three half-sisters, Mrs. Lida McDaniels of Bradley, Mrs. Armita Adkins of Harper Heights and Mrs. Gusta Fletcher of Stanaford.
Graveside rites will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the High Lawn Memorial Park in Oak Hill with the Rev. Ernest Barley in charge.
Friends may call at the Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill from 7 to 10 p. m. Saturday.
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Emails are encouraged to confirm, correct, and to enhance this memorial.
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