This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bentley, Britten, Converse, Bliss Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1527 Message Board Post: Carolyn M. Bentley, age 55, of Bristol, Tennessee, formerly of Hastings, died Wednesday, April 30, 1997 at her home. She was born in Hastings on January 3, 1942, the daughter of Charles and Mae (Britten) Converse. She was married to Rephard Kenneth Bentley on September 6, 1958 and had lived in the Bristol area most of her married life. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth; one daughter, Dawn Bliss of Daytona Beach, Florida; three sons, Randy Bentley of Atlanta, Georgia, Timothy and Kenneth Bentley, both of Bristol, Tennessee; one brother, Charles J. Converse of Hastings; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Arrangements were made by the Weaver Funeral Home in Bristol, Tennessee. (The Hastings "Reminder" - Tuesday, May 6, 1997) Transcriber has no family connection.