Bennett Ralph Clayton

Bennett R. Clayton, 67, of Bryan, passed away Thursday evening April 9, 2015 at his home in Bryan. Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday April 14, 2015 from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at Memorial Funeral Chapel in Bryan. Services will be at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday April 15th at the funeral home with Reverend Monsignor John McCaffrey officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

Bennett, the son of Lottie (Morrell) and James E. “Jimmy” Clayton was born in Ft. Worth, Texas. He graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in Bryan in 1966 and attended Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He has lived most of his life in Bryan where he owned and operated his own Rental Property Business until his retirement. He was an avid Power Lifter and had won numerous Texas State Championships and many other Championships during his career. He was a member of the Catholic faith.

He is preceded in death by his parents Lottie and Jimmy. He is survived by one son, J. E. Clayton of Bryan; one daughter Karen Harvell of Bryan; two granddaughters, Pressli Clayton of Bryan and Jordan Harvell of Dickinson, Texas; and one grandson, Clayton Harvell of Dickinson, Texas.