Carroll Bennett Obituary

Graveside services for Carroll M. Bennett, 73, of Thomasville are at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, in Laurel Hill Cemetery on Oklahoma Street. The Rev. Dr. Dan Spencer will officiate. Mr. Bennett died on Dec. 28, in Thomasville. The son of the late Burton B. and Ruth Gray Bennett, he was born on Oct. 6, 1935, in Cook County, Ga. On June 11, 1958, in Albany, he married Patricia Patten Bennett, who survives. Mr. Bennett began his work career in Thomasville as a manager for Dairy Co and later went to work and retired from the State of Georgia with the Department of Agriculture. He was member of Antioch Methodist Church in Adel and a former member of the Thomasville Kiwanis Club. Mr. Bennett enjoyed hunting, fishing, University of Georgia football, watching Andy Griffith on television and being Papa to his two granddaughters. Other survivors include a son, Brad Bennett of Tallahassee, Fla.; son and daughter-in-law, Todd and Gina Bennett of Thomasville; two granddaughters, Haley and Abbey Bennett; three sisters, Virginia Bennett, Mattie Ruth Emrich of Adel and Betty Jean Lloyd of Valdosta. A sister, Mary Jo Fletcher preceded him in death. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Archbold Foundation for the new oncology building, 910 S. Broad St., Thomasville, Ga. 31792. — Allen and Allen Funeral Home