For the family history and photographs, see the memorial of her husband, Walter Pollard Bennett.
Obituary courtesy of Lillian Cotten:
The Carnegie Herald, Wed., Aug. 1, 1945
Final Rites Friday For Mrs. Bennett
Funeral services for Mrs. W.P. Bennett were held Friday morning in the Alfalfa Baptist church with Rev. Clyde Painton, delivering the funeral sermon.
Laura Emma Mitchell was born at Bentonville, Ark., June 15, 1873 and died July 25, 1945. She was converted at an early age and joined the Presbyterian church.
She was married to Walter P. Bennett December 25, 1898. To this union were born nine children one of which preceded her in death. She leaves to mourn her death, her husband, Walter P. Bennett; two sons, Homer Bennett, Cloud Chief and Elmer Bennett; six daughters, Mrs. Luther Rhoades, Alfalfa; Mrs. Fred Hudgens, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Luther Snelgrove, Mrs. David Bowerman, Shawnee; and Ruby Bennett, Carnegie; two step sons, Luther Bennett and George Bennett, Colony; one step dayughter, Mrs. Victor Stephens, Alfalfa; fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Addie Davis, Sand Springs and many other friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were among the pioneers of Oklahoma. They settled on a farm northwest of Alfalfa where they lived and reared their family.
Obituary courtesy of Lillian Cotten:
The Carnegie Herald, Wed., Aug. 1, 1945
Final Rites Friday For Mrs. Bennett
Funeral services for Mrs. W.P. Bennett were held Friday morning in the Alfalfa Baptist church with Rev. Clyde Painton, delivering the funeral sermon.
Laura Emma Mitchell was born at Bentonville, Ark., June 15, 1873 and died July 25, 1945. She was converted at an early age and joined the Presbyterian church.
She was married to Walter P. Bennett December 25, 1898. To this union were born nine children one of which preceded her in death. She leaves to mourn her death, her husband, Walter P. Bennett; two sons, Homer Bennett, Cloud Chief and Elmer Bennett; six daughters, Mrs. Luther Rhoades, Alfalfa; Mrs. Fred Hudgens, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Luther Snelgrove, Mrs. David Bowerman, Shawnee; and Ruby Bennett, Carnegie; two step sons, Luther Bennett and George Bennett, Colony; one step dayughter, Mrs. Victor Stephens, Alfalfa; fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Addie Davis, Sand Springs and many other friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were among the pioneers of Oklahoma. They settled on a farm northwest of Alfalfa where they lived and reared their family.
For the family history and photographs, see the memorial of her husband, Walter Pollard Bennett.
Obituary courtesy of Lillian Cotten:
The Carnegie Herald, Wed., Aug. 1, 1945
Final Rites Friday For Mrs. Bennett
Funeral services for Mrs. W.P. Bennett were held Friday morning in the Alfalfa Baptist church with Rev. Clyde Painton, delivering the funeral sermon.
Laura Emma Mitchell was born at Bentonville, Ark., June 15, 1873 and died July 25, 1945. She was converted at an early age and joined the Presbyterian church.
She was married to Walter P. Bennett December 25, 1898. To this union were born nine children one of which preceded her in death. She leaves to mourn her death, her husband, Walter P. Bennett; two sons, Homer Bennett, Cloud Chief and Elmer Bennett; six daughters, Mrs. Luther Rhoades, Alfalfa; Mrs. Fred Hudgens, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Luther Snelgrove, Mrs. David Bowerman, Shawnee; and Ruby Bennett, Carnegie; two step sons, Luther Bennett and George Bennett, Colony; one step dayughter, Mrs. Victor Stephens, Alfalfa; fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Addie Davis, Sand Springs and many other friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were among the pioneers of Oklahoma. They settled on a farm northwest of Alfalfa where they lived and reared their family.
Obituary courtesy of Lillian Cotten:
The Carnegie Herald, Wed., Aug. 1, 1945
Final Rites Friday For Mrs. Bennett
Funeral services for Mrs. W.P. Bennett were held Friday morning in the Alfalfa Baptist church with Rev. Clyde Painton, delivering the funeral sermon.
Laura Emma Mitchell was born at Bentonville, Ark., June 15, 1873 and died July 25, 1945. She was converted at an early age and joined the Presbyterian church.
She was married to Walter P. Bennett December 25, 1898. To this union were born nine children one of which preceded her in death. She leaves to mourn her death, her husband, Walter P. Bennett; two sons, Homer Bennett, Cloud Chief and Elmer Bennett; six daughters, Mrs. Luther Rhoades, Alfalfa; Mrs. Fred Hudgens, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Luther Snelgrove, Mrs. David Bowerman, Shawnee; and Ruby Bennett, Carnegie; two step sons, Luther Bennett and George Bennett, Colony; one step dayughter, Mrs. Victor Stephens, Alfalfa; fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Addie Davis, Sand Springs and many other friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were among the pioneers of Oklahoma. They settled on a farm northwest of Alfalfa where they lived and reared their family.
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