- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- A Celebration of Life for Mother Lessie Mae Bennett, Sunrise - January 13, 1931, Sunset - February 17, 2021, Saturday, February 27, 2021, Eleven O'Clock In the Morning, Mt. Olive Memorial Gardens, 3666 Deans Bridge Road | Hephzibah, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 2021-02-27
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Hephzibah
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Hephzibah--21st century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Hephzibah--21st century
Funeral service--Georgia--Hephzibah--21st century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Hephzibah--21st century
African Americans--Georgia--Hephzibah--21st century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Hephzibah, 33.31403, -82.09679
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Lessie Mae Bennett, née Tate. Birth date: January 13, 1931. Death date: February 17, 2021. Date of funeral service: Febraury 27, 2021. Location of funeral service: Christ Fellowship Church (Augusta, Ga.).
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_fpro_bennettlessiemae20210227
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_bennettlessiemae20210227
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
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On February 17, 2021, God called home a faithful _ servant from labor to reward.
LESSIE MAE BENNETT was born January 13, 1931, in Wilkes County to Henry and. Lizzie Tate. She was educated in Wilkes County. She was married to Walter E. Bennett, Sr. and to this union six children were born. Lessie joined St. John's Baptist in Danburg, Georgia at an early age. She was a member of Christ Fellowship Church, where she was also the Mother of the church.
She was preceded in death by: her husband, Walter E. Bennett, Sr.; son, Walter E. Bennett, Jr.; two brothers, Tom Tate and Norris Tate; three sisters, Thelma Mason, Ida Lee Payne and Evelyn Levertte;
two granddaughters, Shante White and Miranda
Bennett; and great granddaughter, Pisgah White.
She leaves a legacy of memories: sons, Richard A. (Bahai) Bennett, Boston Massachusetts, First SGTUA retired, Edwin C. Bennett, Augusta, Georgia and Henry T. (Maria) Bennett, Sr., Rock Hill, South Carolina; daughters, Freda A. Gordon
and Lois E. Graham of Augusta, Georgia; sister,
Effie Williams of Asheville, North Carolina;
daughter-in-law, Marshall Bennett; grandchildren,
Yolanda Triesdale, Henry Bennett, Jr, Dr. Ashely Bennett, Jermaine Bennett, Ashton Bennett, RaShawn Bennett, Clayton Bennett, Matthew Bennett, Paris Parks, Akila Parks and Trinty
Graham; step grandchildren, Julian, Brittany, Drucilla, and Azalee Mayes; thirteen great grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We the family of Mother Lessie Bennett, extend our sincere appreciation for all acts of kindness.
Kinsey & Walton Funeral Home $618 Peach Orchard Road Augusta, Georgia 30906 (p) 706-790-8858
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