Benjamin Franklin Kenly

Services for Benjamin Franklin Kenly will be held Friday, February 11, 2022 at Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home and Park. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Funeral Services will begin at 11:00 a.m with Reverend Bill Lott officiating. Interment will follow in Hill Crest Memorial Park.

Benjamin Franklin Kenly, 83, of Haughton, Louisiana, passed away on February 7, 2022. Ben was born on August 3, 1938 to Carson Thomas Kenly and Dobsey Louise Martin in Rayville, Louisiana.

Ben spent over 35 years working for the state of Louisiana. After retiring in 1994, Ben spent his days hunting, gardening and enjoying time with family and friends.

Ben was predeceased by his wife, Willie Mae Kenly; brothers, Willie Earl Kenly of Haughton, Billy Ray Kenly of Snyder, Texas, and Gerald Wayne Kenly of Shreveport; sisters, Vernice Lucille Reddick of Lake Village, Arkansas, Berbia Jean McLemore of Benton, and Betty Joe Blackwell of Fairbanks. He is survived by his son, Danny Kenly and wife Charlene of Erwinville, Louisiana; stepdaughters, Shelia Faye Hamby of Jonesville, Cynthia Lynn Davis and husband Douglas of Waskom, Texas, and Karen Darlene Whitlow and husband Wright of Roxboro, North Carolina; brothers, John William Kenly of Rayville, Willard Lee Kenly of Fairbanks, and Thomas Ivy Kenly of Plain Dealing.

Honoring Mr. Kenly as pallbearers will be Danny Kenly Jr, Johnny Beard, Billy Keller, DeWayne Daniels, Larry Kenly and Eddie Dwayne Canezaro.