William Jennings Bennett

1934 - 2009  (75 years)

• Name	William Jennings Bennett
  Born	26 Jul 1934	Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Census	6 Apr 1940	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [1]
  	Address: Dan River
  _UID	AD3F1AE4373946D6AA26EC863961914326B6
  Died	3 Sep 2009	Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I3	Bennett, Harrison, and Herron Families
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Ernest Linwood Bennett,   b. 7 Mar 1902, Ringgold, Virginia ,   d. 5 Jan 2000, Ringgold, Virginia  (Age 97 years)
  Mother	Lucille Yates,   b. 14 May 1907, Chatam, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 13 Feb 2000, Ringgold, Virginia  (Age 92 years)
  Married	27 Jan 1927	Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [2]
  	Ernest Linwood Bennett and Lucille Yates were married on Thursday, Jan. 27, 1927 in Danville, Virginia. The marriage was performed by Dr. T. A. Smoot, pastor, at the home of John Richard Yates on Jefferson Ave. The bride was given away by her brother, Ophel Wade Yates. Arch Ferguson, brother-in-law of the groom, was best man.
  Children	5 children
  1. William Jennings Bennett,   b. 26 Jul 1934, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 3 Sep 2009, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  2. John Linwood Bennett
  3. Walter Edward Bennett
  4. Nancy Lee Bennett
  5. Frances Elizabeth Bennett,   b. 18 Nov 1928, Pittslyvania County, Virginia ,   d. 16 Mar 1973, Greensboro, North Carolina
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Shelby Jean Dill
  Children	1. Jesse William Bennett Married: Wendy Horne (1984), Wendy Horne (1982)   2. David Ernest Bennett   3. Donald Curtiss Bennett
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 1940 U.S. Census, 72-24; Dan River; 1B; 2 December 2014; 14; E. L. Bennett (Reliability: 3). [S4] Newspaper, The Danville Bee, Marriage of Ernest L. Bennett and Lucille Yates; 29 January 1927.