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2.  FANNIE ELIZABETH BENNETT
LINE OF DESCENT
                FANNIE BENNETT
               +ORRIN AUSTIN BENNETT
                         EVELYN GRACE BENNETT
                         +W E WILLIAMS
                         +JAMES BRENTWOOD "JB" ELLIS
                         ORRIN AUSTIN BENNETT JR
                         +MARY GRACE MURRAY HOLLAND
                                    THOMAS ROLAND "TOMMY" BENNETT  
                                   +MARGIE LEE ADAMS        
                          CALVIN DUNCAN BENNETT
                          +JEAN FAYE JOYNER
                                    PATRICIA BENNETT
                                    +JAMES ARTHUR KENT
                                    LAURIE JEAN BENNETT
                                    +SAMUEL NORMAN SMITH III
                         JULIAN BENNETT
                         VIVIAN BLANCHE BENNETT
                         +VERNE THOMAS PORT
                                   VERNE THOMAS PORT JR
                                   +MINDY LOU HUNTER  
                         +JOHN CLIFTON STEWART 
                         HELEN LOUISE BENNETT
                         +THEODORE TEMOSHCHUK
                         +FRANCIS PATRICK DALY
                          JOAN BENNETT
                         +_____ HARPSTER   
ORRIN AUSTIN BENNETT JR.

Thomas Roland Bennett

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Birth: Oct. 6, 1942

Death: Jun. 11, 2008


Thomas R. Bennett, age 65, passed away on June 11, 2008 after a lengthy and courageous battle with various medical issues. He was a 1960 graduate of Palm Beach High School and was an honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran who served with distinction in Vietnam. His professional life was spent in the hospitality business which was ideally suited to his gracious, generous, and gentle nature. He is survived by his loving wife of 18 years, Margie; his father Austin Bennett; daughters, Pamela Kelley (Clint) and Tracy Gilbert (Charles); grandchildren, James, Natalie, Reade, Tiffany and Michelle; four great-grandchildren and several aunts and uncles. 'Papa' will be lovingly remembered by his family and friends he so generously graced with his warm and kind spirit. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held on Thursday, June 19, 2008 at Palm Beach Gardens Christ Fellowship South Campus, 5312 Northlake Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418.
 
 
Inscription:
US ARMY

 

Burial:
South Florida National Cemetery 
Lake Worth
Palm Beach County
Florida, USA

 
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Originally Created by: International Wargraves ...
Record added: Jul 05, 2011 
Find A Grave Memorial# 72794424

SON OF ORRIN A. BENNETT JR. AND MARY GRACE MURRAY

Margie Lee Adams

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Birth: Oct. 23, 1927

Death: Jan. 19, 2009

 

Burial:
South Florida National Cemetery 
Lake Worth
Palm Beach County
Florida, USA
Plot: SECTION 20 ROW D SITE 45

 
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Non Sequitur
Record added: Jul 23, 2012 
Find A Grave Memorial# 94073541

Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001

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NameMargie Lee Adams

SpouseThomas Roland Bennett

County of MarriagePalm Beach

Marriage Date31 Aug 1979

Maiden NameAdams

GenderFemale

RaceWhite

Volume4538

Certificate073365

SourceFlorida Department of Health

Household Members

NameAge

Thomas Roland Bennett

Margie Lee Adams

 Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001

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Name: Arthur Leon Stephens

Spouse: Margie Lee Adams

County of Marriage: Okeechobee

Marriage Date: 1947

Volume: 1144

Certificate: 18005

Source: Florida Department of Health

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Thomas Roland Bennett

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Birth: Oct. 6, 1942

Death: Jun. 11, 2008


Thomas R. Bennett, age 65, passed away on June 11, 2008 after a lengthy and courageous battle with various medical issues. He was a 1960 graduate of Palm Beach High School and was an honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran who served with distinction in Vietnam. His professional life was spent in the hospitality business which was ideally suited to his gracious, generous, and gentle nature. He is survived by his loving wife of 18 years, Margie; his father Austin Bennett; daughters, Pamela Kelley (Clint) and Tracy Gilbert (Charles); grandchildren, James, Natalie, Reade, Tiffany and Michelle; four great-grandchildren and several aunts and uncles. 'Papa' will be lovingly remembered by his family and friends he so generously graced with his warm and kind spirit. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held on Thursday, June 19, 2008 at Palm Beach Gardens Christ Fellowship South Campus, 5312 Northlake Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418.
  
Inscription:
US ARMY

 

Burial:
South Florida National Cemetery 
Lake Worth
Palm Beach County
Florida, USA

 
Maintained by: GerbLady
Originally Created by: International Wargraves ...
Record added: Jul 05, 2011 
Find A Grave Memorial# 72794424

Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001

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Name:  Thomas R Bennett

Gender:  Male

Spouse's Name:  Lois

Divorce Date:  21 Mar 1975

Divorce Place:  Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Certificate Number:  013263

Household Members

Name    Age

Thomas R Bennett

Lois

Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001

 

Name:  Thomas Roland Bennett

Spouse:  Lois Ann Stone

County of Marriage:  Palm Beach

Marriage Date:  Sep 1965

Volume:  2353

Certificate:  36061

Source:  Florida Department of Health

Household Members

Name    Age

Thomas Roland Bennett

Lois Ann Stone

Margie Lee Adams first married Arthur Leon Stephens in 1947.  They had two daughters together: Pamela Ann and Tracy Lyn.  Margie married again in 1979 to Thomas Roland Bennett
Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001

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Name:  Pamela Ann Stephens

Spouse:  Norman Clint Kelley

County of Marriage:  Hendry

Marriage Date:  20 Sep 1991

Maiden Name:  Stephens

Gender:  Female

Race:  White

Certificate:  092905

Source:  Florida Department of Health

Household Members

Name    Age

Norman Clint Kelley

Pamela Ann Stephens

Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001

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Name:  Tracy Lyn Stephens

Spouse:  Norman Charles Gilbert

County of Marriage:  Palm Beach

Marriage Date:  30 Jul 1988

Gender:  Female

Race:  White

Volume:  6740

Certificate:  086752

Source:  Florida Department of Health

Household Members

Name    Age

Tracy Lyn Stephens

Norman Charles Gilbert

Arthur Leon Stephens

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Birth: Aug. 11, 1927

Death: Jun. 6, 2002

 
Note: QM2 US NAVY; KOREA

 

Burial:
Florida National Cemetery 
Bushnell
Sumter County
Florida, USA
Plot: Sec 437, Site 449

 
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Record added: Mar 01, 2010 
Find A Grave Memorial# 48966349

VIVIAN BLANCHE BENNETT
Vivian Blanche Bennett was born on August 3, 1925, her father, Orrin, was 33 and her mother, Fannie, was 31. She married Verne Thomas Port and they had one son together. She then married John Clifton Stewart on August 30, 1998, in Hillsborough County, Florida. She died on March 24, 2012, at the age of 86.

Verne Thomas Port

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Birth: Jan. 21, 1917
Henry County
Indiana, USA

Death: Nov. 21, 1994
Hillsborough County
Florida, USA

 
Family links: 
 Parents:
  Alice Port (____ - 1929)

 

Burial:
Hillsboro Memorial Cemetery 
Brandon
Hillsborough County
Florida, USA

 
Created by: Mary 
Record added: Feb 21, 2012 
Find A Grave Memorial# 85284183

Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001

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Name:  Verne Thomas Port

Spouse:  Vivian Blanche Bennett

County of Marriage:  Palm Beach

Marriage Date:  1945

Volume:  1031

Certificate:  30749

Source:  Florida Department of Health

Household Members

Name    Age

Vivian Blanche Bennett

Verne Thomas Port

Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001

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Name:  Vivian Blanche Bennett

Spouse:  John Clifton Stewart

County of Marriage: Hillsborough

Marriage Date:  30 Aug 1998

Maiden Name:  Bennett

Gender:  Female

Race:  White

Certificate:  104034

Source:  Florida Department of Health

Household Members

Name    Age

Vivian Blanche Bennett

John Clifton Stewart

CALVIN DUNCAN BENNETT
 Calvin Duncan Bennett was born about 1933, in West Palm Beach, Florida, his father, Orrin, was 39 and his mother, Fannie, was 40. He married Jean Faye Joyner in June 1957 in Palm Beach, Florida. They had two daughters, Patricia Ruth and Laurie Jean, during their marriage. He died on November 29, 2013, in Florida, at the age of 80.
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