Hannah Crump

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• Name: Hannah Bennett

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Died:
The Jackson Herald July 11, 1940

Mrs. A. T. Bennett Answers Last Summons

Following a short illness, Mrs. Hannah Crump Bennett, widow of the late Captain Alva Thurmond Bennett answered the last summons early Sunday morning, death occurring at her country home near Apple Valley.

Mrs. Bennett was about 80 years of age and was a descendant of a prominent Franklin County family, coming to Jackson County following her marriage to Captain Bennett. With the exception of a short period when she resided in Athens, her entire married life was spent at the Bennett homestead. Here she dispensed cordial hospitality at all time, and ministered to the sick and needy of her community and was a leader in church activities, civic culture, which is evidenced in the lives of her children and step-children. Her love, kindness and sympathy were extended to family and friends and gave pleasure to those who knew her.

Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon in the church at Thyatira by Rev. T. C. Hardman of Commerce, assisted by Dr. J. E. Coker of Jefferson. The pall bearers were Messrs: Guy Maley, Colquitt Sims, Alvin Evans, Hoke Arthur, Morgan Wilhite and Hoyt Nunn. Interment was in the Morgan burial lot.

Surviving the deceased are the following children: Mrs. Ned Pendergrass, Jefferson, Sam D. Bennett, Ellenton, Fla., Memory F. Bennett, Louisville, Ky., Hoyt H. Bennett, Athens, step-children: George D. Bennett, Athens, Dr. J. J. Bennett, Sylvester, Mrs. Sarah Bennett Mahaffey, Gracewood.


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Hannah married Alva T. Bennett on 09 Sep 1885 in , Banks, Georgia, USA. Alva (son of Tapley Bennett and Willie Smith) was born on 20 Oct 1828; died on 30 Sep 1904 in , Jackson, Georgia, USA; was buried in Bennett Cemetery, Jackson, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alva B. Bennett was born in Jun 1886.
2. Samuel D. Bennett was born in May 1889.
3. Memory F. Bennett was born in Jul 1893.
4. Hoyt H. Bennett was born in Dec 1896.
5. Morgan D. Bennett was born in Aug 1899 in , Jackson, Georgia, USA; died on 26 May 1938 in , Jackson, Georgia, USA; was buried on 27 May 1938 in Bennett Cemetery, Jackson, Georgia, USA.