Home Going Celebration In Loving Memory 
 
Clarence Thomas (Sonny) Bentley 
 
Saturday, October 8, 2022 
 
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2:00 PM 
 
Keys Grove Baptist Church Cemetery 
 
324 Key Grove Rd,Keysville, GA 30816 
 
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Obituary 
Clarence Thomas (Sonny) Bentley was born in Augusta, Georgia, on August 19, 1944. He attended public schools in Augusta before moving to Hamden, Connecticut, in 1961, where he finished High School. At 18, he was drafted by the Chicago White Sox. Later during the Vietnam War, he was drafted by the United States Army, served two years, and was honorably discharged. For more than 20 years, he worked as a Caddie for th Professional Golf Association (PGA), where he traveled extensively throughout the United States. In addition to his exceptional skills in golf and baseball, his favorite sport was basketball. After years of travel across the United States, he was pleased to return to his home in Augusta. 
 
In addition to his parents, Ruby Key Bentley and John Clarence Bentley, he was preceded in death by his brother Milford 
(Ronnie)Bentley. 
 
Clarence is survived by two sons, Kevin Bentley (Angela) of 
 
Stockbridge, Georgia, and Patrice Bentley of Snellville, GA; his 
 
grandson Kaleb Bentley, former wife Deloris Bentley of 
 
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Milledgeville, GA; five sisters, Bess Daniels of Augusta, GA; Ruth 
 
Jones (Claude) of Augusta, GA, Gwendolyn Clayborne (David) of 
 
Augusta, GA, Patricia Steele (Lavont) of Waynesboro, GA, Esther 
 
Bentley of Waynesboro, GA, and a host of nieces, nephews, family, 
 
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Service 
Opening Prayer David Clayborne 
Scripture Reading Betty Matthews 
Prayer Kelly Fitzgerald 
Reading Kenneth Clayborne 
Reflections John Daniels 
A Tribute Gwen Clayborne 
Closing Prayer 
Lesley Riley 
Song "By and By When the Morning Comes' 
 
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