This is the father of Bertha Bennett Tardy (who was killed in her store - Tardy Furniture Store - during a robbery in 1996.) Peggy - what was the final outcome for the defendants accused of the crime? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oliver Funeral Home Online Obituaries Winona, MS June 2, 2009 Cecil V. Bennett (July 27, 1914 - June 1, 2009) Funeral services for Mr. Cecil V. Bennett of Winona will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, at Oliver Chapel in Winona with Eastern Star rites. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Winona, with Masonic rites at graveside. Bro. Lee Marter and Bro. Jerry McNeer will officiate the services. Visitation will be Tuesday, June 2, from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m., at Oliver Funeral Home. Mr. Bennett died of cancer on Monday, June, 1, 2009, at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital in Winona. He was 94 years old. Mr. Bennett was the son of the late Y. V. and Minnie Lee Bennett. He was a former police officer, and a retired cattleman and landscape contractor. He was a member of Community Baptist Church near Winona, Masonic Lodge #48 of Winona, and the Order of the Eastern Star. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Bertha M. Tardy; two sisters, Bertha Estelle Bennett and Katie Sykes Nail; and three brothers, Willie David "Bill" Bennett, J. W. Bennett, and Alton Bennett. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Bennett of Winona; stepdaughters, Louise Jordan of Brandon and Cathy Costilow of Carrollton; stepsons, Ralph Barrentine of Carrollton and Johnny Barrentine of Carrollton; sister, Alma Ree Eskridge of Duck Hill; brother, James Bennett of Pascagoula; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be the men of the Winona Masonic Lodge #48. Honorary pallbearers will be John Killebrew and the City Cafe Coffee Club.

There will be another trial -believe it the 5th. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Jackson" <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:27 PM Subject: [PTREE] Cecil V. Bennett Obituary > This is the father of Bertha Bennett Tardy (who was killed in her store - > Tardy Furniture Store - during a robbery in 1996.) > > Peggy - what was the final outcome for the defendants accused of the crime? > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > Oliver Funeral Home Online Obituaries > Winona, MS > June 2, 2009 > > > Cecil V. Bennett > (July 27, 1914 - June 1, 2009) > > Funeral services for Mr. Cecil V. Bennett of Winona will be held at 11:00 > a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, at Oliver Chapel in Winona with Eastern Star > rites. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Winona, with Masonic > rites at graveside. Bro. Lee Marter and Bro. Jerry McNeer will officiate > the services. Visitation will be Tuesday, June 2, from 5:00 until 8:00 > p.m., at Oliver Funeral Home. > > Mr. Bennett died of cancer on Monday, June, 1, 2009, at Tyler Holmes > Memorial Hospital in Winona. He was 94 years old. > > Mr. Bennett was the son of the late Y. V. and Minnie Lee Bennett. He was a > former police officer, and a retired cattleman and landscape contractor. He > was a member of Community Baptist Church near Winona, Masonic Lodge #48 of > Winona, and the Order of the Eastern Star. In addition to his parents, he > was preceded in death by his daughter, Bertha M. Tardy; two sisters, Bertha > Estelle Bennett and Katie Sykes Nail; and three brothers, Willie David > "Bill" Bennett, J. W. Bennett, and Alton Bennett. > > Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Bennett of Winona; stepdaughters, > Louise Jordan of Brandon and Cathy Costilow of Carrollton; stepsons, Ralph > Barrentine of Carrollton and Johnny Barrentine of Carrollton; sister, Alma > Ree Eskridge of Duck Hill; brother, James Bennett of Pascagoula; eight > grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews. > > Pallbearers will be the men of the Winona Masonic Lodge #48. Honorary > pallbearers will be John Killebrew and the City Cafe Coffee Club. > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message