This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BRD.2ACEB/4705 Message Board Post: Whitney Messenger Friday, January 20, 1989 Seldon Bennett Mr. Seldon Bennett, age 97, of the Bethel Community in Hill County, died Thursday night, January 12, 1989 at the Lake Whitney Memorial Hospital. The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 14, 1989 at the Marshall and Marshall Chapel in Whitney, the Rev. Joe Bob Boyd officiating. Burial was in the Peoria Cemetery. Mr. Bennett was born February 14 1891 in Hill County, the son of Abe and Elex Williams Bennett. He was a retired farmer and was a Baptist. Hewas a veteran of World War One where he served in the Ambulance Corps. He married Jessie Battles on December 23, 1943, and she died March 1, 1980. He is survived by one brother, Mayne Bennett of Houston and several nieces and nephews.