Wayne Couonty Press
Fairfield, Illinois
Thursday, Dec 13, 1984
Page 2

Mrs. Lillian Bennett, 71, of Fairfield the widow of Rev. Charles T. Bennett died at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1984, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital.   Mrs Bennett was ill with cancer since June of this year.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m Friday at Johnson Funeral Home with Rev. Don George and Rev. Ron Mills officiating. Burial will follow in Koontz Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be conducted after 6 p.m. Thursday (tonight).

Mrs. Bennett was born in White county Sept. 11, 1913, the daughter of Charles and Martha (Sumner) Bain. She was wed to Rev. Charles T. Bennett at Browns Jan. 6, 1937. He preceded her in death in June 1961.

Mrs. Bennett was employed with Sexton Manufacturing Company in her earlier years. She took care of several elderly people at various times and sat with the sick in recent years.

She attended Holiness Rescue Mission.

Survivors include three sons, David and Paul Bennett, both of Cisne; Daniel Bennett, of Fairfield; seven daughters, Mary Lewis, Martha Young and Mrs. Paul (Becky) Thomason, all of Fairfield Mrs. Carl (Eva) Royse of Olney; Mrs. Larry (Wilrna) Pepperdine, of Charleston; Mrs. Jimmy G. (Rhoda Jean) Walker, of Cisne; and Ruth Ann Tondini, of Rohnert Park, Calif.; a brother, John Bain, of Fairfield; five sisters, Mrs. Roy (Mary) Johnson of Carmi; Mrs. Walter (Grace) Shelton, of Grayville; Mrs. Bill (Nellie) Shelton, of Crossville; Mrs. Leda Roeder and Mrs. Ruth Jamerson, both of Fairfield; and 23 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one brother, a sister, and two grandsons.