Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, January 18, 2020 in the Edgewood Hall of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Columbus, Georgia with Dr. Tim Jones officiating. A private burial will take place at Main Post Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday from 3:00 p.m. until service time.
Mrs. Bennett was born in Morris, Alabama on October 23, 1926 to the late Truett Harris and Etha Maude Peavy Harris. She was an area resident for many years and a member of Britt David Baptist Church and the W.M.U. Sunday School Class. Mrs. Bennett was employed at Ft. Benning’s Adjutant General’s office and later retired with the Columbus Consolidated Government. She was preceded in death last year by her loving husband, William T. Bennett.
Survivors include a daughter, Emy Perry, and her husband, Earle, of Lakeland, Florida; two sons, Clifton Bennett and wife, Doraine, and Warren Bennett, all of Columbus, Georgia; 6 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.
Fond memories and condolences may be left for the Bennett family at www.shcolumbus.com
